Use of cow monitoring collars is on the rise, with about 700,000 of New Zealand’s 4.9 million cows in milk now thought to be fitted with them – about 14% of the national milking herd.

Massey University Professor Emeritus Peter Kemp and a team of 30 people there have been researching the effects of plantain over several years and the experimental plots were established at the university in 2019.

Dairy farmers could save more than a billion dollars over a decade by incorporating plantain into their pastures.

Big jumps in butter and cheddar cheese prices reflect Chinese consumers returning to restaurants, cafes and bakeries, says Westpac’s senior agro economist Nathan Penny.

Images of Graeme McNabb’s farm on the West Coast will soon be hitting supermarket shelves around the world.

The country's second largest milk processor is not rushing to lift its milk price forecast despite a rise in global dairy prices.

DairyNZ says region-specific support is being offered to cyclone-affected farmers, who are responding to a range of different issues on farms across the North Island.

Loss of power supply remains the biggest issue facing many Northland farmers.

Rural towns completely cut off with no or limited electricity, water, food and telecommunications, blocked roads, flooded and wrecked homes and buildings, paddocks and orchards turned into lakes.

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