Once upon a time, winemakers prepared their daughters for sales and hospitality roles while they groomed their sons to take over from them in the vineyard. Now, women are more prominent than ever in winemaking.

Federated Farmers has appointed Terry Copeland as its new chief executive.

For a few days in May, Ashburton’s i-site information centre could have been mistaken for a small corner of Manila as the Philippines Embassy took it over for one of its regular mobile consular visits.

Global milk production will need to increase by 26% in the next decade to meet expected consumer requirements, according to Torsten Hemme, the managing director of the IFCN Dairy Research Centre in Germany.

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.