An initiative selling fresh spring lamb into Countdown supermarkets has been kicked off by Helensville farmer Richard Kidd.

Have you ever wondered why you can smell a particular aroma in a glass of wine, but no one else can?

Westland Milk Products has already received "substantial orders" for products from its new $40 million ultra-high temperature (UHT) plant in Rolleston.

"We draft them off as we milk, then when we've finished milking the rest, we just bring them back onto the platform and dry cow them."

The seven farms Rebecca Keoghan has responsibility for vary in size: the largest run about 1200 cows each on 490ha platforms and produce up to 400,000kgMS...

A New Zealand dairy farmer who has farmed overseas and worked with some of the largest dairy genetics organisations now heads World Wide Sires in New Zealand.

Fonterra researchers have made a breakthrough chemical imprint for the dairy industry.

In tough times people need to look to leaders, says Jo Finer, Fonterra's general manager of New Zealand industry affairs.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman and Manawatu farmer Andrew Hoggard recently addressed the MobileTech Conference.

Interestingly, on my first visit to NZ in 2001 my first hire car was a Rav4, picked up at Christchurch for a whistle-stop tour of Canterbury to Southland and back in three days.