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Drought has been officially declared in Northland by the Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy, with other regions likely to follow soon.

Northland's dairy farmers have received qualified praise for their increased compliance with farm dairy effluent resource standards but there's still plenty of room for improvement, those doing the monitoring say.

Ian Douglas, from the Whangarei Young Farmers Club, earned top place at the Northern Regional Final in Whangarei on Saturday, February 9, after a long day at the Barge Park Showgrounds.

Now is the time to take other steps to protect fruit crops from Northland to Waikato favoured by the unwanted Aussie insect invader the guava moth, biosecurity experts say.

DairyNZ will hold workshops on herd reproductive performance in Northland during August and September in a bid to improve the region's 57% six-week in-calf rate.

AS FONTERRA’S Kauri factory in Northland kicked into gear on July 5, the cooperative was finishing off $100 million of maintenance upgrade nationwide.

Northlanders keen to protect their properties from erosion are being reminded the annual planting season for poplars and willows is now upon us.

NORTHLAND FARMERS are calling for a revision of the Hikurangi Flood Control Plan after being hit with a third 100-year flood in five years.

Starting a family provided the impetus for 2012 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Miles Harrison and Lucy Heffernan, to commit to the dairy industry.

A daily dose of dairy nutrition will be in the timetable for students at Northland's Kaiwaka Primary School from next month as the school becomes one of the first to take part in Fonterra Milk for Schools.