Dairy farmers searching for efficiencies in their operation know that homegrown, fully utilised pasture has always been the most cost-effective feed. Even before the current downturn, many farmers were not only looking at output ratios such as milk solids per cow, but also at feed efficiency ratios such as the cost of producing a megajoule of metabolisable energy per kg of dry matter. 

Some cows are less fertile than others. Ever wondered why?

KIWIFRUIT GROWERS Paul Heywood and Leo Mangos have picked up the 2014 Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal for their achievements in the late 1980s.

WITH POLLS closing on Monday, November 4, Fonterra shareholders are being urged to vote in this year's board elections.

FARMERS HAVE this year donated 130,000 calves to be sold as fundraisers for people with intellectual disabilities.

PASTORAL FARMERS in the Lake Rotorua catchment await with trepidation the outcome of new rules on the amount of nitrogen they will be able to leach from their land.

PRODUCING A low-fat cheese that wasn’t rubbery and retained taste has won the Fonterra R&D centre the top hospitality, food and beverage award in the 2014 NZ Innovation Awards.

MEAT CO-OP Alliance Group has reported a pre-tax profit of $17.6 million for 2013-14.

FEDERATED FARMERS is to discuss with Landcorp the possibility that as many as 60 dairy farmers in the Upper Waikato River catchment may not have enough water to wash down their dairy sheds.

THE MEAT Industry Excellence (MIE) group says it will endorse just one new candidate for Silver Fern Farms' co-op elections.