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Pasture was more profitable in years of lower payout and better weather, but feeding PKE came into its own with higher payout and poorer weather.

DairyNZ says the industry has a vital role to play in helping transition New Zealand to a low-emissions economy.

With the Mycoplasma bovis decision there comes some certainty and the need to make the eradication programme work.

Fifteen dairy farmers well advanced in mitigating climate change on their farms are being heralded as New Zealand’s ‘climate change ambassadors’. 

Fonterra chairman John Wilson says the industry should be “incredibly proud” of how far thinking and onfarm practices in sustainability have come in a short time.

Most migrant applicants for a special South Island Contribution Work Visa are in farming, as shown by figures from Immigration NZ.

A new farm tool, Farm Gauge, has been launched at the DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum in Hamilton today.

DairyNZ says its new strategy Dairy Tomorrow will take New Zealand dairy into the future, as a high-performing, sustainable and responsible sector.

DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel has clarified that Environment Minister David Parker did not call for a cut in cow numbers.

DairyNZ has announced a three-week climate change roadshow with eight workshops for dairy farmers in regional centres around New Zealand.