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OPINION: Farmers won't get any credit for this from the daily media, so Milking It is giving the bouquets where they’re due.

There's been a positive response to the Government's latest move to make freshwater farm plans more practical and affordable.

After 20 years of milking cows, Northland farmer Greg Collins is ready to step into the governance side of dairy.

For some Canterbury teenagers, their career is being shaped by hands-on experience in a sector they are passionate about - dairy farming.

Dairy farmers will be paying a new levy rate of 4.5c/kgMS - an extra 0.9c/kgMS - to industry-good body DairyNZ from June 1 this year.

DairyNZ has set a new levy rate of 4.5c/kgMS from 1 June 2025 and aims to keep the levy at no more than this rate for a minimum of three years.

OPINION: New Zealand farmers have been sold out, not just by the Government but by our own industry leaders.

There's general farmer backing for the government's latest reforms of the Resource Management Act (RMA) but some are seeking clarity.

OPINION: The good times felt across the dairy sector weren't lost at last week's Beef + Lamb NZ annual meeting.

Investing in your people and in your own leadership skills is the path to success for a farming business, says economist Shamubeel Eaqub.