Milking frequency can be adjusted in a number of ways during a season, or part of a season, to become more efficient, reduce farmers’ hours in the milking shed and improve their lifestyle.

An intensive yet simple farm near Helensville, south Kaipara, last month won the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards last month.

A second generation cheese making family with Dutch origins, the company Meyer Gouda Cheese is continuing its golden run at the awards.

Dairy farmer Peter Gilbert is the new president of the Canterbury A&P Association for 2017. He was elected at the annual meeting, replacing Warrick James.

A recent NZ Herald article indicated that collaboration over Waikato Regional Council’s Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora Plan Change 1 has cost ratepayers in the Waikato $14.8 million, to date.

For the 70 invited guests at the Classic Reds symposium held in Hawke’s Bay, it was a lesson not only in the wines on show, but an explanation of why these wines have been late to join the NZ wine party.

The Stratford Demonstration Farm Society will celebrate its centennial on June 10.

Three emerging dairy industry leaders are finalists in the sixth annual Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year awards contest.

“We just want to get on with it,” say Manawatu dairy farmers reacting to news that Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan implementation has effectively been ruled unlawful by the Environment Court.

New Zealand's strong export focus is unusual because our GDP relies heavily on our primary industries and export markets.