Dairy farm effluent should be treated as a fertiliser, but carefully, because it is not a balanced fertiliser, being very high in potassium.

Leadership through strong governance is critical for farmers, and the sector more broadly, if the dairy industry is to seize the opportunities of the decades ahead.

It was good to see Shanghai Pengxin open its doors last week.

Andrew Hoggard says claims that New Zealand dairy farmers are subsidised are false.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says subsidies and support payments to farmers are partly responsible for the shock rise in global milk production.

Failing to market our products properly is costing us billions, says Jacqueline Rowarth, agribusiness professor at the University of Waikato.

An animal nutritionist is urging farmers to look deeper than body condition score for a true understanding of their cows' skeletons in assessing their health.

Shanghai Pengxin recently showed off its upgrade of the former Crafar farms it bought in the central North Island in 2012.

Two percent isn't much, but at Fonterra's Clandeboye site a revolutionary cheese plant only required 2% of the site's 45ha to rock the cheese world.

The no-show of El Nino has been a boon to farmers supplying Miraka, the Maori owned dairy company located near Taupo.