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Now is the time to plan to renew pastures in autumn and to consider renewing more than in the past.

Bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) is a surprisingly common viral disease of cattle and other ruminants.

Some newspaper headlines refer to a victory for Greenpeace, but is it?

Cow Central's (Hamilton) Waikato Museum is looking to tell a broader story about the white stuff via its Milk Matters exhibition which opened recently.

Northland and some upper regions of Waikato are highest on the radar for concern about summer dry, says Andrew Reid, DairyNZ’s general manager, extension.

A key contributor to the dairy industry for 20 years, Justine Kidd, was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours for services to dairy and equestrian last month.

Correct design is crucial to the success of indoor barn dairy farming, says farm consultant Keith Woodford.

DairyNZ's extension manager Andrew Reid says there’s some truth in the suggestion that a whole generation of farmers have never relied solely on grazing their cows on grass.

Helping farm owners, managers, contract milkers and sharemilkers feel in control of their finances is the aim of the game for the next round of Dairy Women’s Network dairy modules in early 2017.