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Fonterra shareholders are concerned with a further decline in the co-op’s share of milk collected in New Zealand.

The major winners in the 2024 West Coast/Top of the South Share Farmer of the Year award, Michael and Cheryl Shearer were happy to complete the trifecta.

The quest to measure, report and make sense of the energy that goes into food production has come a long way in the past 25 years.

Is a record $10 milk price on the cards this season?

To Kiwi ears, an international conference that talks about a "just and fair transition" to sustainable dairy sounds like a clarion call for better access to valuable markets. 'Just and fair' means more to the world than opening up borders to big exporters like NZ. Tim Fulton reports.

Free workshops focused on managing risk in sharefarming get underway this week.

Triple 'butterfly' or dual mower combinations have become increasingly popular, offering increased output and better utilisation of tractors that keep gaining horsepower.

Dairy farmers can boost their reproduction success this mating season by prioritising hoof health and early lameness detection to keep cows in top condition and make the most of a promising forecast payout, according to agritech company Herd-i.

Former Synlait chief executive Grant Watson says the past two years have been quite the journey.

Retiring chair Jim van der Poel has used his final AGM to announce the intention to increase the DairyNZ farmer levy for the first time in the industry-good body's 17-year history.