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Dairy has got its mojo back. After two challenging seasons, last week brought two items of great news for Fonterra farmers.

Fonterra's lifting of the current season payout to $6.15/kgMS highlights the revival in the fortunes of dairy farms, says Federated Farmers.

The issue of death or serious injury from quad crashes never seems far from the headlines.

Greenie groups who seek to bolster their fundraising campaigns by using dairy farmers as their favourite target need to read the Water Accord report released today.

For many farmers, ‘compliance’ is a word that evokes images of short-stature, goose-stepping individuals with clipboards and funny moustaches.

WorkSafe New Zealand has clarified the circumstances in which it is acceptable to carry passengers on single-seat quad bikes, in consultation with Federated Farmers, Beef + Lamb NZ, and DairyNZ.

At least 7000 dairy livestock have been affected in the recent storms in Waikato and Bay of Plenty alone and hundreds of hectares of pasture and maize crops have been damaged, DairyNZ reports.

Farmers are concerned about a three-year cap on temporary work visas announced by the Government this week.

Farmers are hoping to retain the right to burn off crop residue under the new national Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) fire authority due to be set up mid-year.

Fonterra's Edgecumbe factory remained closed last week and milk was redirected to nearby processing plants.