Fonterra's $7/kgMS opening milk price is at the top end of the range seen by market followers and analysts.

Rotorua-based Onuku Māori Lands Trust scooped the 2018 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for dairy. 

Dairy farmers know early starts well. Rob and Di Bridgeman are also early finishers.

Cambridge dairy farmer Henk Smit has confirmed that a herd of 330 cows, he partly owns, is infected with Mycoplasma bovis. 

Fonterra farmers will get an extra 20c/kgMS for milk supplied to the co-op this season.

Fonterra has announced an opening forecast Farmgate Milk Price of $7/kgMS for the 2018/19 season starting June 1. 

Farming leaders and the Government met again today to discuss ways to combat Mycoplasma bovis.

With Gypsy Day around the corner, stock and equipment will be moving between properties, so farmers need to ensure they take the right precautions to lower their risk of cross contamination. 

The 1012 series Gyrotedders from Kuhn is expanding with the arrival of two mounted and two trailed models (GF 8712 / 8712T and GF 10812 /10812T) with eight and 10 rotors respectively, in working widths of 8.70m and 10.80m. 

Independently-owned Rural News Group says its newspapers will continue to serve the primary sector.