BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is hosting its first sheep breeders' forum in Dunedin next week.

THE FUTURE profitability of dairy farming in the wake of falling international prices for dairy products is likely to be a hot topic when DairyNZ goes to Timaru next week for its annual meeting.

THE FUTURE profitability of dairy farming in the wake of falling international prices for dairy products is likely to be a hot topic when DairyNZ goes to Timaru next week for its annual meeting.

ONE OF New Zealand's top businessmen and long-time leader in the dairy industry, Sir Dryden Thomas Spring, will receive the University of Waikato's most prestigious award of Honorary Doctorate at the graduation ceremony October 22.

The world's biggest robotic dairy farm under one roof has started production in South Canterbury.

ALL THE SIGNS suggest a prolonged period of low international dairy prices will be required to soak up the current global market surplus, says Rabobank in its latest Dairy Quarterly report.

A PILOT PROGRAMME to develop the skills and confidence of dairy women to influence and lead positive change in their businesses and communities begins in November.

TATUA MEMBERS of Federated Farmers are welcoming an all time record payout by a New Zealand milk processor at $9 per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS) for the 2013/14 season.

FEDERATED FARMERS will launch its new and improved Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement to dairy farmers tomorrow (October 1).

FOR THE third year in a row Morrinsville-based Tatua dairy cooperative has beaten Fonterra again – with a $9/kgMS farmgate milk price plus a $1.32 pre-tax retention for the 2013/14 season.