The biggest number of entries on the first day have been received for the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

Rural insurer, FMG, is now accepting applications for their tertiary agriculture scholarship programme.

A FAIR degree of skepticism remains in the dairy industry about once-a-day milking (OAD), says an expert promoter of the concept, Professor Colin Holmes.

WAIRARAPA ONCE-A-DAY (OAD) dairy farmer Leo Vollebregt is planning to expand his operation six years after going OAD. Vollebregt told this to a recent OAD DairyNZ discussion group on his farm.

Top performing New Zealand sheep breeders were recognised at the first-ever Beef + Lamb New Zealand Sheep Industry Awards in Invercargill last week.

Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre this week is hosting 25 Primary Industry Trades Academy (PITA) students at its Wairarapa Campus for a full week of practical skills training.

IN JUST its first year Miraka, the new Maori-owned dairy company, is ahead of its production targets. The major shareholders in the plant are the Tuaropaki Trust, owners of the land where the plant is built, and Wairarapa Moana, owner of at least 10,000ha in the area north of  Taupo. 

ON THE subject of foreign ownership of New Zealand’s farm land, my family has a unique perspective. 

The 2012 Ballance Farm Environment Awards have produced another outstanding line-up of supreme winners. Award ceremonies have now been held in the nine regions participating in the annual competition and supreme winners from each region will be honoured at a Sustainability Showcase in Wellington on June 23.

Around 40 farm managers and workers joined industry experts at Taratahi's Wairarapa Campus last week to learn more about improving dairy herd fertility through the Dairy NZ In-Calf programme.