Former Fonterra director Donna Smit says meeting sustainability targets remains one of the biggest challenges facing New Zealand dairy farmers.

A new report on climate change has found that agile farm management will be critical in reducing emissions and adapting to climate change.

Some early rain on the opening day meant less of a crowd poured into the Mystery Creek site last week.

There is widespread anger and disbelief among farming leaders over the actions of MPI and MfE within the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) partnership.

As a fourth-generation farmer I spend a bit of time looking back and cherishing some of those aspects of foundation, and equally use that history to marvel at the changes we have seen over time.

An on-farm trial using new testing technology shows around half of high somatic cell count (SCC) cows could be positive with serious undetected Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Auckland "transplants" Donovan Croot and Sophie Cookson are living the dairy farming dream in Taranaki as 50/50 sharemilkers of a Holstein Friesian herd.

When the door slammed shut on New Zealand in March 2020 it also closed the gate to one of the viability fundamentals of the country’s livestock industry – stock auctions.

The recently released NIWA weather outlook for this summer makes interesting reading.

OPINION: The consultation period for the Government’s emissions pricing plan for agriculture is closing as I write this.