What does it take to breed a top bull?

Given the tough financial situation, it is time for dairy farmers to rely more on pasture production and to plan how to get more milk from fewer cows.

On our farms, in our universities, research labs and factories, the dairy industry is in a transformation.

LIC's Jersey Premier Sires bulls have topped the national Jersey ranking of active sires (RAS) list, released this month.

Camera imagery technology to get data on cows may soon be available on farm.

Geraldines sharemilkers Joe and Suz Wyborn are the supreme winners of the 2016 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Tough economic times are causing farmers to analyse every aspect of their business, right down to the performance of individual animals.

The low milk payout has dented farmer co-op LIC's half-year results.

Getting cows in calf well takes a year-round approach. The results achieved in the mating period are impacted by many factors earlier in the season or even in seasons gone by.

Some major milestones for the dairy industry: it now has 5 million cows being milked and last season milk production hit a record 1.89 billion kgMS – up 3.6% on the previous season.