Mind your negative language to farmers: that’s the message to rural professionals dealing with dairy farmers in the lower North Island.

Dairy farmers' equity in their farms looks to be staying flat or even declining slightly on average over the next ten years.

Dairy farmers could end up paying more for the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort if they do not endorse DairyNZ’s proposed levy.

A steady rise in the value of milk fat in recent seasons is due to strong consumer demand for milk fat products, says DairyNZ.

Farmers are expected to finalise a Biosecurity Levy of 3.9c/kgMS this week.

Employers aren't paying enough attention to retaining the employees they have for the next season.

Dairy farmers could end up paying more for the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort if they do not endorse the proposed Biosecurity levy.

Any changes to the tax system should better support the productive dairy sector and not hinder environmental work, says DairyNZ.

Game-changing new research into how plantain crops can reduce nitrogen (N) loss from dairy farms will see upper Manawatu farmers at the forefront of dairy science.

Dairy farmers are being asked to approve a levy of up to 3.9 cents/kgMS over the next two seasons to pay their share of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort.