A European Union diplomat says EU farmers cannot be blamed for low farmgate milk prices.

While volatility in business is to be expected, many of New Zealand's primary producers have experienced a bumpy ride in recent years.

A 6500-head dairy farm in Chile will become the world's largest robotic dairy after signing an agreement to install 64 DeLaval VMS milking robots.

Winter weather has returned with a vengeance, and many farms will now be calving cows in these conditions.

Farmers are being urged to use milk cooling system upgrades to rein in their farm power costs.

New regulations to strengthen the law on the management and treatment of bobby calves were announced last month by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

Handheld digital or optical Brix refractometers offer a low cost, practical way to assess colostrum quality onfarm, and can help encourage famers to seek advice if colostrum is inadequate.

Dairy farmers transitioning their herds onto winter fodder beet are being advised to take it slowly – but be generous.

If information is power, any technology giving farmers a real-time insight into an animal's physiology must be worth a closer look.

Why organic milk? What's so great about not being able to do whatever you want with your fertilisers and cow treatments?