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A site investigation before design and construction is important to ensure the pond built is structurally sound and meets regulations, says DairyNZ.

A large dairy farmer turnout at a recent effluent management field day shows they want to do the right thing with the environment, says organiser Jon Palmer.

Andrew Hoggard says claims that New Zealand dairy farmers are subsidised are false.

Te Pahu farmer Noldy Rust entered a pasture competition late last year only because the organisers were looking for more entries.

The eight organisations that formed a Bobby Calf Action Group at the end of 2015 are well advanced on a range of initiatives ensuring best practice handling and management of bobby calves.

Sharing knowledge on New Zealand farming systems needs to be on a win-win basis, says DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle.

Fifty-five DairyNZ scholarships have been awarded this year.

With the GDT auction index continuing soggy or worse, unusual weather patterns and debt troubling many farmers, how are they coping at farm level?

A Northland farm consultant is concerned at the loss in cow condition over the last two months.

NZ dairy farmers are being encouraged to be vigilant about bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) which DairyNZ says affects up to 60% of dairy cows and 90% of herds.