In the past, a bull could sit comfortably in a breeding team for several years with little change, but today, that’s no longer the case.

{ "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "headline": "DairyNZ: Waikato Farmers Need Certainty on PC1 Rules", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Staff Reporters" }, "datePublished": "2026-07-08T14:40", "image": "https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/media/k2/items/cache/d36a3dbb6590af4a2f2f2b27df8ad66e_L.jpg", "articleBody": "DairyNZ says Waikato farmers need certainty on Plan Change 1, but they say that certainty must be matched with practical, workable rules and a clear transition that doesn't get ahead of the new resource management system currently under review.\n\t \n\t \t \t \n\t \n\t \t\nTracy Brown, chair of DairyNZ, says the Environment Court's decision on Waikato Regional Council's Plan Change 1 (PC1) has created significant questions for farmers across the Waikato-Waipā catchment.\n“Farmers need certainty, but certainty requires rules that are practical, affordable and workable on farm," Brown says.\nShe says that while PC1 is the council's current pathway, farmers should not be forced into cost, duplication, stranded investment or uncertain consent processes before the transition to the new resource management system is clear.\nBrown says DairyNZ's position is focused on practical outcomes for farmers.\n \n\n\n \n“We need one farm plan, clear guidance and tools, workable consenting, and no duplication between PC1 and the new resource management system. The council needs to work with industry to develop implementation guidance for PC1, such as how to demonstrate…

A five-year study has found that the cost of reducing emissions without technology may be significant and unsustainable for Northland dairy farmers.

OPINION: The year was 2020, the month was January, and an article in this esteemed publication suggested "a new thought for the New Year - New Zealand 'Generative Agriculture'... or New-Gen, for short".

37 farmers from across the Rangitīkei and Manawatū regions recently spent a day-and-a-half learning new business management and planning skills at Rabobank’s latest AgPathways Programmes in Whanganui.

Otago Southland Young Farmer Tom Slee has been crowned the Season 58 FMG Young Farmer of the Year after an outstanding performance at the Grand Final in New Plymouth, the first time the event has been held in the region.

The arable industry needs profitablity, so it doesn't disappear, says newly elected Federated Farmers Arable Industry Group chair, Chris Dillon.

With the New Zealand/India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) dominating political debate here, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting New Zealand next week.

Michelle and Tony Roberts didn't inherit the farming business they have today. They’ve built it from the ground up.

“We’re not normal.” That’s how Jack Walters, executive director of Pungent Pukeko, describes his gin brand, which has just won gold at the World Gin Awards.