Emissions pricing is one of the most important issues Kiwi farmers will face in a generation. DairyNZ answers some of the key questions.

OPINION: Unsurprisingly farmer confidence is the lowest it has been since Federated Farmers began twice-a-year surveys in 2009.

DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says over 2,000 farmers have taken part in the He Waka Eke Noa chairman consultations via face-to-face meetings and online.

Bay of Plenty Share Farmer of the Year winners Scott and Becks O’Brien say farmers have nothing to lose and everything to gain in Dairy Industry Awards.

Central Plateau Dairy Manager of the Year, Satveer Singh, comes from a farming background in India, where his father is an organic farmer with Sahiwal cows.

A former Auckland sales and marketing executive and a former adventure tourism guide and boutique lodge manager have won the 2022 Central Plateau Share Farmer of the Year title.

A DairyNZ project helping farmers in the Tararua district, lower North Island, to reduce nitrogen leaching by planting some of their paddocks in plantain is gaining momentum.

Federated Farmers Manawatu/Rangitikei president Murray Holdaway is warning farmers to be ready for further disruption due to the pandemic.

Manufacturing options and scale are allowing Fonterra to maximise returns for farmers' milk, says chief financial officer Marc Rivers.

Fonterra’s chief financial officer Marc Rivers will leave the co-op at the end of this year.