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The Dairy Environment Leaders (DEL) forum taking place in Wellington later this week is set to be an event filled with good information and future thinking, says DEL chair Melissa Slattery.

DairyNZ and Dairy Women’S Network (DWN) have partnered to deliver four People Expo events in the Canterbury, Southland, Taranaki, and Waikato regions this month.

DairyNZ is encouraging dairy farmers to list their job vacancy advertisements online ahead of the launch of the 2023 GoDairy campaign in March.

DairyNZ teams are in the field, doing all they can to assist farmers hit by cyclones Gabrielle and Hale.

DairyNZ will explore shifts in technology uptake by farmers in the levy body’s five-yearly tech survey.

Around 1000 dairy farms have been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle, with around 200 across Northland and Hawke’s Bay experiencing moderate to severe damage, according to DairyNZ.

DairyNZ’s new strategy and investment leader, Alyce Butler, is excited to be working on solutions to key dairy sector issues, with a particular focus on staff shortages and dairy careers.

DairyNZ says region-specific support is being offered to cyclone-affected farmers, who are responding to a range of different issues on farms across the North Island.

The man who's played a leading role in the dairy industry for more than one-and-a-half decades will step down at the end of June.

New research has found that feeding cows the leafy herb plantain can reduce nitrogen leaching from dairy farms by 20 to 60%.