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Union boss Helen Kelly has dairy farmers in her sights over pay rates and work conditions, naming and shaming a Taranaki cocky last week and going on Radio Live to lambast dairy farmers as poor employers.

Imagine a cow aspiring to be an engineer. It’s possible in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, as the state’s board of professional entrance examination (BOPEE) made history of sorts by issuing an admission card to a cow for a state `diploma in polytechnic’ test.

Needy babies in the US state of South Carolina now have the chance to receive breast milk from the state’s most generous moms.

Having trouble sleeping? You may want to try a specially concocted brand of ‘dark milk’ being produced at New Zealand farms.

Attendees at the recent New Zealand Dairy Awards finals got more fun than they bargained for.

A study of genetically modified feed at the University of California-Davis calculated the number of food animals raised on GM feed since 2000, then looked at animal production and health statistics – both of which have improved during that time.

The fall of former Top Gear big mouth Jeremy Clarkson has been well publicised, but his two co-hosts have been noticeably silent about their future with the BBC. 

Still on Fonterra, the co-op is reportedly spending $20 million a year on its much-heralded Milk for Schools scheme.

Fonterra's decision to scale back the rebranding of RD1 stores into the new Farm Source hubs will be welcomed by cash-strapped farmer shareholders.

Incredibly popular Lewis Road Creamery chocolate milk will be available in the South Island this winter.