Concerns have been raised that Mycoplasma bovis may have been in New Zealand at least five or six years before the currently accepted date of discovery. 

Dairy farmers and lifestyle farmers rearing calves must do all their paperwork, says OSPRI.

Pessimism about the economic outlook is a sour note among the otherwise generally positive indicators in the Federated Farmers July Farm Confidence Survey.

Monday, August 6 is Farm Worker Appreciation Day. How will you be celebrating?

Keen to serve on the DairyNZ board? Here’s your chance.

Life insurance provider Fidelity Life says its special relief offer will help farmers deal with the financial impact of Mycoplasma bovis.

Weaning based on calf weight and meal intake will help calves develop into healthy heifers, says DairyNZ.

DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says the dairy sector and Fonterra has benefited from John Wilson’s “inspirational leadership” for over 20 years.

Politicians and agribusiness leaders are taking to social media to pay tribute to outgoing Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

With calving 2018 here, farmers must consider the risk that feeding raw milk (unpasteurised or not acidified) may transfer disease within a dairy farm and/or between farms.