With the advent of climate change, dairy farmers could expect to be dealing with more days where their cows are suffering from heat stress.

A net zero pilot dairy farm, set up in Taranaki two years ago to help reduce on-farm emissions, is showing promising results.

Animal health company smaXtec says monitoring is a thing of the past, health management is the future.

Driving down Broadlands Road, northeast of Taupo there's a cluster of 19 Pāmu dairy farms around what is known as the Wairakei Estate.

In a landmark move, the state-owned farmer Pāmu (Landcorp) is making four of its 44 dairy farms available for people wishing to take up various contracts including herd-owning, share milking, variable order share milking and contract milking.

A couple closing in on their ultimate farming dream is taking the first steps of another farming ambition – to own a line of registered pedigree Holstein Friesians.

Banks and rural businesses are chipping in to help farmers in Southland and Otago.

Major steps are underway to improve the quality of dairy beef calves.

Tucked away in a remote part of the central North Island, staff at a Pāmu (Landcorp) farm are working hard to solve one of the biggest challenges facing the dairy and beef sectors.

The De Leeuw family has been running their dairy farm in Kaitake, Taranaki, for over 20 years.