For the first time ever, the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards will be screened on national television.

While it may sound like a cliché to say that Ireland and New Zealand both punch above their weights, it’s clear from the figures that it’s true.

For South Canterbury dairy farmers Neil and Margaret Campbell, installing a ClearTech effluent treatment system has yielded a wide range of positive impacts on their 240ha farm.

In a normal season, maize stubble wouldn’t be required as a feed on dairy farms.

Northland farmers are starting to count the cost of one of the most severe droughts to hit the region as the cost of feed and lower prices for stock are the order of the day.

OPINION: Petty and small-minded is the only way to describe the continued snubbing of Federated Farmers in regard to the Government’s freshwater reforms.

While Hawkes Bay and other parts of the country are suffering drought, Southland is facing different problems.

Who is National’s new agriculture spokesman, David Bennett?

Dairy farmers can unlock capital in their dairy herds in a $1 billion herd leasing scheme launched last week.

Dairy farmers can unlock capital in their dairy herds in a $1 billion herd leasing scheme launched last week.