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Zara Williams' personal and professional growth has seen her presented with the top award at the 2025 World Wide Sires national all dairy breeds youth camp.

Riley Taylor's leadership skills and ability to surmount challenges has seen him presented with the top award at the 2024 World Wide Sires national all dairy breeds youth camp.

If you are a dairy farmer, the prosperity of your future lies in your heifers - the future of your herd.

The challenge for Kiwi farmers to reduce herd size while maintaining or building production is generating an increase in demand for overseas genetics, says World Wide Sires.

OPINION: Good production is 50% feeding and 50% breeding.

The ‘Resilient Dairy’ research launched by LIC at National Fieldays in June is an “overdue but welcome initiative” because New Zealand is lagging in dairy genetics, says genetics company World Wide Sires.

Poor udder quality in many New Zealand cows contributes to them being culled in their first and second lactations, imposing an unsustainable cost, says a visiting expert.

How to breed the herd of the future will be front of mind for dairy farmers attending Fieldays at Mystery Creek.

The rate of improvement in dairy genetics is not keeping pace with technology, says World Wide Sires.

OPINION: Breeding worth (BW) was introduced decades ago and has served farmers well as a breeding guide – or has it?