To hit targets and ensure a flow of young talented people coming into agriculture requires connecting with everybody.

Seven farmer candidates will fight for a position on DairyNZ’s board of directors.

Retiring Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt is happy with the calibre of director candidates endorsed by the co-op board.

A flexible, high-performance cow monitoring system was just what Alastair Robinson needed in his 70-bail rotary shed in Waikuku, North Canterbury, reports the supplier, Allflex.

Milk fat will earn dairy farmers more than protein in the 2018-19 season.

A billion-dollar drop in Fonterra’s fortunes leaves the co-op vulnerable to increasing competition, says Federated Farmers Dairy president Chris Lewis.

Ag Minister Damien O’Connor told the International Conference on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security, held in Berlin last week, that NZ is spending large on R&D to identify options to reduce agricultural emissions.

Federated Farmers president Katie Milne is encouraging farmers to get involved in Fish & Game NZ because it has been saying a lot of “interesting things” about farming.

The Zetor tractor is not a common sight on New Zealand’s farms, but Dairy News suspects there may still be a few out there earning their keep. 

European scientists are forecasting that the next four years could be unusually warm.