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While the talk rolls on about the reduced forecast payout, the vast majority of farmers are getting on with it.

Hardly a week goes by without another report of a quad accident on a farm. And those are only the reported ones; never mind those in which the riders escape serious injury and nothing is ever said or done.

The heat was certainly on the last round of Fonterra farmer meetings, as almost 2000 farmers turned up to hear the co-op explain its dismal half-year results.

Fonterra's half-year results make unhappy reading to its 10,500 farmers, many struggling with drought and a precariously low payout.

The impact of Cyclone Pam may not have been as devastating to New Zealand as was first predicted, which is something we can all be thankful for.

Two weeks on and the 1080 threat to infant formula has disappeared from media headlines.

Enough is enough! That’s our message to the nutter or nutters responsible for the latest food safety scare to hit the dairy industry.

Welcome to 2015. A new year, new opportunities and a new vintage.

A new year and a new – while yet familiar – set of challenges face New Zealand’s agricultural sector.

NEW ZEALAND’S farming future is not just black and white or – at least – just black and white dairy cows.