More than 40 exhibitors will be attending this year's Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek, organised by Waikato Regional Council and sponsored by DairyNZ.

Weather extremes across the country are presenting a new challenge for 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards entrants.

The dairy industry-good organisation DairyNZ is running seven dry summer events this week in Southland and South Otago.

Maori dairy farmers are being urged to enter the BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming dairy competition.

THE NEW Zealand Transport Agency is reminding agricultural contractors they may need to apply for a work time variation to complete critical seasonal tasks such as spraying, harvesting or sowing.

The 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have received a record number of entries.

FARMER CONFIDENCE has waned slightly in the past quarter.

DAIRY COMMODITY prices dipped overnight on Fonterra’s GlobalDairyTrade platform with the trade weighted index of all commodities down 1.6%.

FONTERRA IS on the slippery slope towards demutualisation and a board “update” on the cause, the Trading Among Farmers proposal, yet again failed to recognise this, says one of a growing number of shareholders calling for a second vote on the proposal.

ALLIANCE GROUP has a new face at the board table: Maniototo farmer Dawn Sangster.