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The expertise of Lower North Island dairy farmers has been used to create a series of fact sheets to help farmers nationwide build and maintain the riparian margins of streams on their land.

Judging has begun to select the winners in the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards from the record 525 entrants.

Despite good levels of rainfall throughout the region, dairy farmers in South Otago and Southland are still managing difficult dry conditions.

The purchaser of Crafar Farms has been given another two days to go unconditional on the sale.

A daily dose of skimmed milk, enriched with two value-add ingredients naturally found in dairy products, may reduce the frequency and intensity of gout flares

Ahead of the facial eczema risk season, farm nutrition company Altum is releasing a new treatment formula.

Fonterra has broken its record for the highest export month with 246,000 tonnes of dairy products loaded on ships during December. The shipments boosted New Zealand's economy by $1.3 billion for the month.

The Dairy Women's Network has teamed up with Fonterra to offer New Zealand's first, annual Dairy Woman of the Year award.

More than 40 exhibitors will be attending this year's Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek, organised by Waikato Regional Council and sponsored by DairyNZ.

Fonterra is turning to expert advisors in a bid to make sure its controversial TAF (trading among farmers) proposal ensures 100% farmer control and ownership.