There is a definite Swiss connection on Rene and Verena Burri’s dairy goat farm at Te Aroha, Waikato.

Synlait Milk’s annual meeting of shareholders yesterday highlighted that their record 2016 profit of $34.4 million showed their value added strategy is successful.

Hauraki dairy farmers Michael and Megan Webster looked at diversifying their business three years ago in a bid to spread the risk.

A race car with the best engine is never going to win unless the tyres allow it to get power to the ground, and dairy cows should be looked at in a similar light, says ‘The Hoofman’ – Johan Buys.

Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products, New Zealand’s second largest dairy co-operative, has lifted its payout prediction for the 2016-17 season to a net range (after retentions) of $5.30 to $5.70/kgMS.

Waikato farmer Rex Butterworth follows a simple philosophy: keeping his cows happy and healthy.

Owl Farm, a partnership between St Peters School Cambridge and Lincoln University, strives to demonstrate best practice in dairy farming and to encourage young people into the industry.

More than 75% of New Zealand’s dairy exports to China are still subject to tariffs the industry thought would by now be cut.

Civil Defence, or ‘Emergency Management’ as it prefers to be called, must put its staff and volunteers through a rural awareness course.

People in London were last week disgusted to be told they had been drinking ‘dog’s milk’ during a new animal rights campaign.

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