For the next couple of years, some dairy farming challenges will be a reality.  It will be a slog for some, financially and psychologically. 

As regional councils across New Zealand roll out their land and water plans, the farming sector faces a whole raft of new challenges.

A sheep & beef farmer has been formally warned for breaching the Resource Management Act by exceeding a nitrogen discharge cap over a two-year period.

Good effluent management requires having a well-designed system and processes for workers to ensure the effluent collected is applied to pasture in the right quantity at the right time, says DairyNZ.

Every time the milksolids payout drops, the industry starts talking about reducing production costs.

SPRING IS a key time for fertilising pasture and farmers need to take a considered approach to help protect the environment and their profits.

ANOTHER RAFT of Government proposals to reform fresh water management is likely to find favour with the farming sector.

DAIRY FARMERS wanting to maintain production into late autumn will find the best economy lies in the use of N, says Ballance science extension manager Aaron Stafford.

Cadmium levels in Chatham Rise rock phosphate are among the lowest in the world, says Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd managing director Chris Castle.

GETTING MORE cows in calf is the biggest improvement you can make to your dairy business.