Waikato farmer Johan van Ras says his family was shocked to win the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards supreme award this month.

The country's second largest milk processor says the tail end of the 2020-21 season is turning out positively for the industry.

It's three weeks of waiting for the three finalists in this year's Ahuwhenua trophy for dairy, with the winner being announced next month at a gala dinner in New Plymouth.

The 2021 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year says that her passion lies in mentoring other people within the industry.

The recent period has been dominated by a major health and safety concern – the Covid- 19 pandemic.

Ever found an unusual insect out in the vineyard and not known what it was, or what to do?

It's a case of fingers, toes and anything else crossed at Mystery Creek, as the National Fieldays Society heads towards its first physical event since 2019.

Chinese-owned Westland Dairy Company is getting $1.7 million from the Government to accelerate plans to reduce carbon emissions produced by its Hokitika factory.

Dairy farmers can now access a model to calculate their farm greenhouse gas emissions.

The 33 finalists representing 11 regions in the 2021 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have been found.