Waikato farmer Malcolm Jones’ 450 crossbred cows were milked three times a day in a herringbone shed until last year.

The North Island does not have enough groundwater to irrigate, as does the South Island. Even if it did, given the dairy payout, irrigation is unaffordable.

What the world needs now is a lot less milk.  The short-term outlook is grim. 

Having been raised on a 70-cow farm in Taranaki, Fonterra Shareholders Council’s new chairman Duncan Coull knows a lot about resilience.

These days Marlborough is renowned as a world-class Sauvignon Blanc region. But one producer is looking to the past to create something different, with a definite historical bent.

Calf rearing expert and veterinary consultant Dr Bas Schouten responds to comments published by Dr Lucy Waldron about tube feeding of newborn calves.

A major dairy conversion, transforming 2500ha of forestry into five farms near Taupo, is on track to start milking on August 1.

One dairy industry stalwart has had enough and is switching to beef farming.

The weak NZ dollar is providing an unexpected windfall for the country’s sheep and beef farmers.

Waikato Regional Council says it is concerned proposed changes to the national plan for managing tuberculosis (Tb) in cows may be somewhat hypocritical when it comes to the Waikato.