IT’S TIME to start doing things better to reduce the number of animals affected by facial eczema, says veterinarian Emma Cuttance.

ORGANISERS OF the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have received 539 entries.

With cashflows tight on dairy farms, pasture comes out on top as the cheapest feed source, says fertiliser co-op Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

Four months ago, we considered several months of downward movements in dairy commodity prices on international markets. 

THE HIGH-INPUT housed dairying that predominates in the US should be a pointer for New Zealand farmers on managing such ventures, says Crowe Horwarth managing principal Neil McAra, Southland.

SIT TIGHT, ride out the storm and be ready to harvest again when the time is right. That’s the message from Mid Canterbury dairy farmer Willy Leferink, new as Feds provincial president in that region.

FONTERRA SUPPLIERS in Australia were among the highest paid last season, according to an independent report.

DAIRY FARMERS with irrigators at risk of wind damage might soon have a solution thanks to the levy investment of their cropping counterparts.

RAISE YOUR glasses and down your milk was the order of the day for dignitaries at the official opening of Oceania’s first factory in New Zealand last month.

MPI SAYS the tightening of rules on milk cooling is to keep New Zealand ahead of the game.