Now is the time to plan to renew pastures in autumn and to consider renewing more than in the past.

Brian and Margaret Schnell bought their Bunnythorpe, Manawatu dairy farm in 1984, and were joined by their daughter Amy and husband Greg Gemmell, who became sharemilkers in 2003.

About $50 million has been pruned from the costs of a proposed South Canterbury irrigation scheme.

Don Galletly's Loch Ness dairy farm on the Emu Plain, near Waiau, remains the only one in North Canterbury unable to milk since the November 14 quake.

The beekeeping industry expects to be disrupted for months because of the Kaikoura earthquake last November 14.

Cow Central's (Hamilton) Waikato Museum is looking to tell a broader story about the white stuff via its Milk Matters exhibition which opened recently.

Ravensdown has appointed George Williams as its new regional manager eastern North Island.

Fonterra is bracing for a boom in cheese exports to South Korea.

Trying to bridge the disconnect between urban customers and dairying is a motivation for seventh-generation dairy Nelson farmers Julian and Cathy Raine to start a new venture named Aunt Jean’s Dairy.

While many people have rested from the stresses of work over Christmas and the new year, reality can be different for farmers.