Environment Southland's catchment improvement funding is once again available for innovative landowners in need of a boost to get their project going.

Water treatment technology company FORSI Innovations Ltd may be headquartered in the rural town of Matamata but the business is anything but provincial in its ambitions.

By September, most herds are already calved and are heading towards mating. The window to influence pre-calving minerals has passed, and decisions made in the transition period are only just becoming obvious.

Strong global milk production and rebalancing of demand among key buyers has delivered one of the biggest drops in whole milk powder prices in recent years.

The team meeting at the Culverden Hotel was relaxed and open, despite being in the middle of calving when stress levels are at peak levels, especially in bitterly cold and wet conditions like today.

OPINION: Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand how much our farms and farming systems have changed.

OPINION: The phasing out of copper network from communications is understandable.

OPINION: The Gene Technology Bill has divided the farming community with strong arguments on both the pros and cons of GM.

OPINION: Fonterra's $4.22 billion consumer business sale to Lactalis is ruffling a few feathers outside the dairy industry.

I recently had the pleasure of attending an AgFirst event in Hamilton where the results of the 2024-25 Waikato-Bay of Plenty Dairy Financial Survey were shared. Based on a 136ha farm milking 379 cows, average farm profit before tax was $405,892, an incredible 286% increase on the 23-24 season.