The first robotic milker in a southern hemisphere high school is running at Feilding High School, Manawatu.

The Land and Water Forum (LAWF) is proposing time limits for farmers to fence waterways on their properties, with dairy farmers among the first to be affected.

The water quality target of the West Coast's Lake Brunner has been achieved five years ahead of schedule, says Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith.

Fonterra says it is considering its options after losing a High Court case taken by former suppliers of a failed South Island processor.

Opportunistic buyers taking advantage of low prices were probably behind last week's 3.6% overall rise in the GlobalDairyTrade (GDT), says Rabobank research analyst Emma Higgins.

Outrage is how Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy describes his reaction to the treatment of bobby calves on Waikato dairy farms.

One of the people who shot the footage shown on television says they didn't hand over the first lot of video made last year because they wanted to get greater proof of the widespread abuse of bobby calves.

Federated Farmers is disappointed to see that SAFE has embarked on an advertising campaign in the UK.

The recent slowdown in Chinese demand for live dairy heifers has many NZ exporters and traders questioning if the boom period is over.

A new study is showing dairy and conservation sites can co-exist, and its findings are contributing to an ongoing project restoring natural biodiversity into a dairy farming environment.