Waiuku dairy farmers Nick and Nikki Ruygrok are passing on a dairy farming legacy to their sons that they can be proud of.
Dairy processors are backing a call for factual and clear labelling on consumer products.
Westpac chief economist Kelly Eckhold says last week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction went much better than feared.
August could be a crucial month for the farmgate milk price for this season, according to Rabobank senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.
The 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year George Dodson is hoping that the win is a stepping stone to his dream job of sharemilking next season.
The environment for transformational trade deals seems murky at best, according to international trade specialist and former diplomat Stephen Jacobi.
DairyNZ deputy chair Jacqueline Rowarth has changed her mind and is standing for re-election.
Dairy farmers claim they're often waiting six months for decisions on visa applications for overseas farm workers.
The liquidation of failed co-operative Organic Dairy Hub is continuing, and net proceeds will be distributed to farmer shareholders once final tax obligations have been met, according to the liquidators.
Federated Farmers have reiterated their support for the coalition Government to abolish the present ban on the live export of animals.
Organisers of the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) 2024 say it was a ‘roaring success’, with over 400 attendees.
Fonterra says it is constantly looking at how to reduce food waste.
Rangiora's Belbrook Farming Ltd should have been used to standing by the end of the 2024 HFNZ-Semex On-Farm Competition last month after having its name called not once, but six times throughout the awards ceremony.
DairyNZ has launched its new strategy with a great focus on impacts and outcomes for its levy-paying farmers.
One of New Zealand's largest dairy farmers won the 2024 'Food, Beverage and Fibre Producer' award at the NZ Primary Industries Awards.
Developing woodchip denitrifying bioreactors for mitigating nitrogen loads to New Zealand waterways won DairyNZ and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) the research and science category in this year's Primary Industries NZ Summit Awards.
Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre believes farmers won't be too concerned with last week's Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price drop.
Dairy processors are happy with the Government’s move to reduce redtape for exporters.
The fortunes of the dairy industry are expected to bounce back in about a year’s time, according to the Director General of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), Ray Smith.
Farm plastic recycler, Agrecovery’s Green-farms Product Stewardship Scheme (GPSS) has been officially accredited under the Waste Minimisation Act (2008).
Makers and retailers of animal health and crop thriving products are backing the Government’s plan to step up approval processes for new offerings.
Fonterra is opening a sixth application centre in China to boost its growing foodservice business.
Earlier signalling by the dairy industry of how many hectares of maize silage is required each season would assist maize growers to better plan their planting programmes, says the Foundation for Arable Research’s Ivan Lawrie.
Taupo-based milk processor Miraka has landed a deal to supply premium low-carbon A2 milk products into China.
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