Southland farming leaders and environmental activists have called for a breather in their set-to over winter grazing practices.

As well as laying out its new strategy, Fonterra should make clearer how it got into this trouble, says Federated Farmers national vice-president and dairy farmer Andrew Hoggard.

Nominations are open for two farmer director positions on the DairyNZ board.

Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is happy with the review of the director election process.

Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt says the recent collapse of a few dairy cooperatives should be blamed on their strategy, not their co-op structure.

Bert Quin, managing director of Quin Environmentals, explains the benefits of chicken manure.

Ideas are explored and expert resources shared freely at Red Meat Profit Partnership meetings.

OPINION: Despite the much hyped claim by certain prophets about the ‘historic’ agreement between the farming sector and the Government over the Zero Carbon Bill, the rumblings of discontent are growing louder by the day.

LIC has been named as the Cooperative Business of the Year.

Three times daily in summer the Holstein cows on a dairy farm north of Doha, Qatar, placidly step onto a circular platform to get hooked up to automated milking tubes.