A new leader is at the helm of Hamilton’s Dairy Goat Cooperative but don’t expect big changes.

Dairy Trainee of the Year Simone Smail wants to keep climbing the industry ladder.

The 2018 Dairy Manager of the Year winner Gerard Boerjan aims for excellence in everything he does.

The winners of the 2018 NZ Dairy Industry Awards, Dan and Gina Duncan, are overwhelmingly positive about the industry.

Prime minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister for Agriculture and Biosecurity Damien O’Connor stepped into gumboots last Monday at a Waikato dairy farm to hear farmers’ and others’ views on M. bovis.

Volatility in earnings is the result of prices staying high for milk-price products, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

Rotorua-based Onuku Māori Lands Trust scooped the 2018 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for dairy. 

Dairy farmers know early starts well. Rob and Di Bridgeman are also early finishers.

Climate Change Minister James Shaw has released the Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group’s (CCATWG) recommendations.

Northland to Central Otago and all wine regions in between are well on the way to establishing regional Women in Wine committees. And the first National Committee meeting has taken place, held in Auckland in February.