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Who would work for three months without pay? And who would keep getting up at 5am every day to milk cows despite knowing there will be no milk cheque arriving this month?

A leading dairy farm consultant says he’s worried that this season’s low milk price will tip some young innovative dairy farmers out of the industry. 

Are you ready for transporting your stock ahead of Gypsy Day? Here are some guidelines for preparation and the journey, courtesy of DairyNZ.

For many in the dairy industry June 1 means one thing – time to move. As the new season starts, thousands of sharemilkers pack their cows into stock trucks and move equipment and families to new farms.

This tough year is the time for young people to get the foot in the door to sharemilking, says Feds sharemilker chairman Neil Filer.

MANY BELIEVE that using sharemilking as a stepping stone towards farm ownership is becoming a thing of the past, but Irishman Bernard Kelly and his Kiwi wife Jo are following this path to achieve their dreams. 

PARTICIPATING IN the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has turned dreams into reality for the 2014 New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year, Nick Bertram.