Up-skilling the dairy industry's next generation of managers and
sharemilkers is the focus of a series of DairyNZ progression
workshops to be held throughout the central North Island in early
April.
DairyNZ is running three 'Stepping-Up' management wo
New Zealand's dairy farmers are invited to provide final feedback on the draft Strategy for New Zealand Dairy Farming.
The draft Strategy has been developed by DairyNZ in collaboration with a wide range of industry partners over the last nine months, and
Former Rhodes Scholar Dr Grant Edwards has been appointed Professor of Dairy Production at Lincoln University.
Dr Edwards, currently Associate Professor in Pasture Management at Lincoln University, succeeds Professor Richard Dewhurst, who has taken up an
DairyNZ says the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord is just one
example of the initiatives undertaken to improve dairy farming's
effect on the environment, and it is a strong supporter of farmers
taking action to meet the Accord.
"We are pleased to see
DairyNZ is addressing Northland farmers' needs with "Tight
Management for Tight Times", a series of financial seminars being
held this week.
Sustainable profits are the key to the long term prosperity of
New Zealand dairy farmers. "This means ma
DairyNZ says a significant number of cows in the North Island are showing clinical signs of facial eczema (FE) due to recent warm and humid weather conditions.
As the North Island is still 2-3 weeks away from the traditional peak time for FE, prevention
DairyNZ's Go Dairy campaign for 2009 has launched, with the
bold aim of recruiting the hearts and minds of all New
Zealanders.
"We want New Zealanders to be proud of our position as the
world's best pastoral dairy farmers," says DairyNZ Chief Exe
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