Better late than never will likely be some South Island farmers’ response to DairyNZ’s belated drought advice.

Most mainland dairy farmers recently received a mailer promoting this year’s South Island Dairy Event, better known as SIDE.

A company, which owns a Cambridge dairy farm, has received a fine totalling $26,000 for a range of offences relating to the property.

A Mackenzie Country farming couple were the big winners at last week’s 2015 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA), taking home the supreme winner and four other awards.

Dairy farmers are being urged to keep their budgets tight.

The dairy industry is launching a new quality workplace accord in May.

Fonterra is maintaining its forecast farmgate milk payout of $4.70/kgMS this season.

North Otago spray contractor George Tepper works faster for longer each day with a new RoGator RG900 self-propelled sprayer, says supplier Croplands.

A Southland farmer’s liking for Valtra tractors coincided with his beginnings in dairy support, reports supplier Agco.

A calf feeding system with potential to reduce labour costs and lead to overall herd improvements has been developed by a Kiwi engineer.