A downward trend in global dairy prices has triggered a revision of Fonterra’s forecast farmgate milk price for this season.

As the calving season progresses, Palmerston North-based Stallion has introduced a mid-size mobile calf feeder that will be well received by New Zealand calf rearers who are fed up with carrying endless buckets.

ACT primary industries spokesperson and Whangarei dairy farmer Mark Cameron says one solution to rising prices in the supermarket is to reduce the rising production costs on farm.

Two unregistered raw milk operators have been fined for trying to circumvent the rules that regulate the sale and supply of raw milk.

Made in New Zealand looks at the wealth of design and manufacturing ability we have in the country, producing productive and cost-effective products for the agricultural sector.

According to the New Zealand Holstein Friesian Association Centenary book, the name Dickie “seemed fated to make some mark in the Holstein Friesian world of the day”.

A bonus for the country’s primary exports with the final figure for the end of June hitting $53.3 million – $1.1 billion more than projected.

OPINION: A Japanese dairy company has found an unlikely saviour in its efforts to reverse falling milk demand: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The Farmax Emerging Rural Professional of the Year Award has received a record number of nominations this year.

With mechanised milking just over 100 years old, the intervening years have seen many changes in design, function and efficiency.