DairyNZ has begun running dairy farm field days nationwide to highlight water usage – the quantities used and simple measures to minimise volumes and costs.

Pick your paddock well and renewing pasture will pay handsomely. Get it wrong and you spend a lot of money for no gain.

BEC Feed Solutions NZ can already teach its Australian big brother a thing or two in the dairy supplements side of its operations, after only one year in business.

New Zealand and the Netherlands are world leaders in dairying. New Zealand has developed a unique system with a low cost price. The Netherlands has developed highly productive and efficient dairy farming using the latest technologies. 

After an uninspiring ten months, the start of 2015 has understandably created a great deal more optimism on the sellers’ side of global dairy markets. 

Bay of Plenty’s 2015 Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Grant and Karley Thomson, see their entry in the region’s dairy awards as having helped them into a new position beginning in June.

Australian dairy farmers are being urged to boost their business credentials to meet the growing challenges of farming.

Nutritional understanding and food testing will become an increasingly important part of the dairy industry, says Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand executive director, Kimberly Crewther.

Giesen Wines is earning a growing following in China, where it has been exporting for the past five years.

The 2015 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Brad and Lesley Roberts, were emphatic winners – claiming the title along with six of nine merit awards on offer.