JOHN LANCASHIRE (Dairy News January 29) has irritated me, so I offer this response.   Our 1400 cow dairy has a top ranking for environmental management from Horizons; this however does not entitle us to pontificate on how others should manage their dairies, nor do we wish to.

RURAL INSURANCE company FMG has awarded 15 prizes to farmers as part of its milk quality awareness campaign.

THE DISCOVERY of DCD in milk is a minor food safety concern compared with the animal, human and environmental effects of New Zealand’s high level of synthetic fertiliser use, says biological farming exponent Phyllis Tichinin.

A new set of national good management practice standards, aimed at lifting environmental performance on dairy farms, has been agreed between industry body DairyNZ and all dairy companies.

Tim van de Molen is the second Grand Finalist in 2013 after he won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Final for the ANZ Young Farmer Contest on Saturday, February 16 in Hamilton at St Paul's Collegiate School.

THE OUTLOOK for lamb right now is tenuous, according to Beef + Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.

THE PROSPECT of irrigation addresses some of the woes of Hawkes Bay’s annual drought, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.

The Metalform Tow and Fert liquid fertiliser mixer/spreader is good for much more than spreading fertiliser, says Northland dairy farmer James Brady.

Rural insurer, FMG, has announced the prize draw winners of their milk quality awareness campaign.

Back on the farm at Ruawai, Lockwood Smith decided he wanted to breed cattle – partly because the farm was no longer suitable for running sheep.