DAIRY FARMERS need to act now to avoid going backwards once the forecast payout starts to bite next year, says Justin Geddes, agribusiness principal at Crowe Horwath.

RESPIRATORY DISEASE in calves and young stock can occur sporadically as isolated cases, but also as outbreaks.

BOUGHT-IN FEED costs are a major influence on farmgate margins in many dairy exporting regions, and are a key driver of global dairy supply. 

FEW PEOPLE have been more prominent in Northland dairy farming in recent years than DairyNZ Northland regional manager Tafi Manjala.

FOUR OUT of five of the latest Nuffield Scholarship winners are from the dairy industry.

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.