A new study has found that dairy farmer investment in composting shelters is being driven largely by a desire to tackle environmental challenges, improve animal welfare, provide labour efficiencies and better working conditions for staff.

In line with its motto “Next Generation Farming”, GEA recently announced innovations in the field of conventional milking at EuroTier.

The world's biggest food company says dairy must play a big part in its goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Fonterra and Nestle are planning to develop a commercially viable net zero carbon emissions dairy farm.

Food conglomerate Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) is trialing almond hulls and shells on New Zealand dairy farms.

Gisborne farming couple Matt and Megan Humphreys have helped shape the development of a farmer wellbeing assessment tool.

New research by Waikato-based consultants suggests dairy farmers don’t need blunt tools proposed in the Government’s agricultural emissions proposal to meet climate change targets.

As a fourth-generation farmer I spend a bit of time looking back and cherishing some of those aspects of foundation, and equally use that history to marvel at the changes we have seen over time.

Auckland "transplants" Donovan Croot and Sophie Cookson are living the dairy farming dream in Taranaki as 50/50 sharemilkers of a Holstein Friesian herd.

OPINION: The consultation period for the Government’s emissions pricing plan for agriculture is closing as I write this.