IrrigationNZ is back on farms this summer testing irrigation systems to help farmers improve the efficiency of their water applications.

Anti-dairying activists should be rejoicing: New Zealand’s milking herd has shrunk for the second year in a row.

Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Duncan Coull says today’s arbitration decision on the claims made by Danone has made this a tough day for the co-op.

Fonterra has lowered its forecast earnings per share following a ruling against it in favour of Danone for $183 million in damages.

Milking frequency can be adjusted in a number of ways during a season, or part of a season, to become more efficient, reduce farmers’ hours in the milking shed and improve their lifestyle.

The Irwin family -- Geoff, Lee and son Steve -- milk 330 cows on 83ha at Kiwitahi, near Morrinsville, in what Geoff describes as “a relaxed farming system”.

A new dairy conversion is a vote of confidence in the dairy industry by farmer Peter Schouten, of Swannanoa, North Canterbury.

Brent Love, director farm enterprise at KPMG, explains how to make it in dairy for 20-somethings.

Canadian dairy farmer Alex Huisman is no stranger to milking three times a day.

Lincoln Agritech has unveiled an advanced optical nitrate sensor for groundwater which it says will bring a paradigm shift in New Zealand’s groundwater management.