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DAIRY FARM effluent is an important resource for nutrients and is here to stay, says Rotorua farmer Trevor Phipps.

DAIRY FARMERS can now get their effluent system assessed by an independent, certified assessor.

NEW ZEALAND leads the way in encouraging and recognising women's leadership in agriculture, says Dairy Women's Network chairwoman Michelle Wilson. 

WORLD FOOD prices fell for the first time in three months in January despite the dizzy heights of the dairy market and a recent rally in grains.

MPI IS introducing new rules which will reduce animal welfare risks in the nation's livestock – particularly in the dairy sector.

PRICES FOR MILK, CHEESE, and eggs rose 4.2% in the December 2013 quarter, the highest quarterly rise since the September 2010 quarter.

FONTERRA SAYS IT will 'vigorously defend' legal proceedings which have been formally initiated by Danone.

ONLY DAYS ARE left to enter the 2014 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards and collect some of the $710,000 in cash and prizes on offer.

WAITAKI MP JACQUI Dean is pleased with the efforts of farmers around Otago in fencing waterways, as Fonterra announces that 20,000kms of waterways across the country now exclude stock.

MICHAEL SPAANS has been elected as the new director on the Fonterra Board of Directors.