Current News

Industry first standards and a code of practice for the design of farm dairy effluent systems have been released for consultation today. The dairy industry and the effluent system supplier industry have been working together over the last year, with scie...read more

DairyNZ has awarded 25 new undergraduate scholarships in a selection round that attracted a record 120 applicants. The scholarship programme supports outstanding students with a particular interest in dairying, who are undertaking an agriculture- related ...read more

David Chapman, currently Professor of Pasture Science at the University of Melbourne, will join DairyNZ as a principal scientist midyear.  He will David Chapman will join DairyNZ as a principal scientist lead the team responsible for dev...read more

DairyNZ says the outcome-based approach to dairy cow welfare, as laid out in the new Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare, make common sense. The new Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare was launched today at DairyNZ’s Lye Farm in the Waikato by the Minister of Agricult...read more

DairyNZ and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) say the new national animal identification scheme (NAIT) is an important step forward for New Zealand agriculture. DairyNZ Chairman Hon John Luxton says it’s in the interests of dairy far...read more

A new regional approach is changing the face of DairyNZ. The industry good body has set down a key challenge for the next three years – an adoption strategy designed to bring positive change on-farm and within the dairy industry. Central to the new stra...read more