Plans to divert 3,750 tonnes of broken vineyard posts from landfill each year, while providing a cost-effective fencing option for farms, riparian plantings and significant natural areas, impressed judges in the 2023 Cawthron Marlborough Environment Awards.

North Canterbury required vineyard vigilance this season, with 245mm of rain over the three months to 18 April, compared to the long-term average of 143.7mm, according to VineFacts.

Paul Hunter farms 240ha of well drained Mairoa ash soils at Mulroy Farm, south of Te Awamutu in the Waikato.

A Sustainable Catchments programme launched last month will see local farmers, DairyNZ and iwi working together to help improve the health of the Pokaiwhenua catchment in the South Waikato.

The 2023 Holstein Friesian sales season has marked the end of an era for not one, but seven established Holstein Friesian studs.

The theme for this year's South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) being held at ILT Stadium Southland in Invercargill on June 28 and 29 is "Adapt, Empower, and Succeed".

At the 2023 NZ Dairy Industry Awards, Jaspal Singh thanked organisers for helping farmers like him prosper.

Nine years ago, Jaspal Singh arrived from India to study IT. Today he's contract milking 740 cows in Culverden, North Canterbury.

OPINION: It's safe to say that He Waka Eke Noa - the industry and government partnership to deal with emissions pricing - is dead in the water.

Plastic used for Arla's cheese production is finding new life in a large-scale test with German partner Südpack.