CalvingSmart this dairy season

23 May 2018

As the dairy season’s busiest time fast approaches, farm teams are encouraged to hone their calving skills at a DairyNZ CalvingSmart workshop in the Waikato.

Finding a fit for fodder beet

21 May 2018

DairyNZ senior scientist Dr Dawn Dalley shares the results of two levy-funded fodder beet research projects.

Joint project to ensure farmers rewarded for water quality work

17 May 2018

DairyNZ water quality specialist Aslan Wright-Stow explains how a collaborative nationwide project aims to identify water quality improvements on farm.

New partnership enables dairy farmers to harness farm data

15 May 2018

A DairyNZ and ASB partnership will provide dairy farmers with much better access to benchmarking data and sector insights.

Climate Ambassadors the next step in dairy’s plan

15 May 2018

Fifteen dairy farmers have been chosen to profile the climate change cause as New Zealand’s Climate Change Ambassadors.

Water quality: setting limits

14 May 2018

In recent surveys, people identified water quality as the most significant environmental issue New Zealand faces right now.

Farmers taking the initiative

11 May 2018

Many farmers are involved in environmentally-focused groups and also work to educate the wider community about environmental sustainability on farms and elsewhere.

Let's make forestry farmer friendly

11 May 2018

The dairy sector welcomes a move by the Government to look closely at how industry groups can help meet the Government’s One Billion Trees programme.

Farmers’ Forum: Farm Gauge tool to assess dairy businesses

10 May 2018

A new farm tool, Farm Gauge, has been launched at the DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum in Hamilton today.

Farmers’ Forum: make the best milk, from the best systems

08 May 2018

New Zealand dairy farmers have a great opportunity to market the best milk and its origins to the world, according to Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor.

Silver lining in storm's devastation

04 May 2018

The intense storm system that hit Bay of Plenty back in 2004 was the catalyst to prompt Opotiki sharemilkers Jared and Sue Watson to seriously reconsider their farm system, the environment they operated in and their own farming expectations.

Climate Change workshops target dairy farmers

04 May 2018

DairyNZ has announced a three-week climate change roadshow with eight workshops for dairy farmers in regional centres around New Zealand.

Farmers’ Forum: dairy’s future in the spotlight

03 May 2018

Business and political leaders will discuss New Zealand’s dairy sector and how to drive it into the future, at the DairyNZ Farmers’ Forum next Tuesday/Wednesday (May 8-9) in Hamilton.

Latest scoop: make your own ice cream!

27 April 2018

DairyNZ’s in-school education programme is dishing up a dairy delight in what’s proving to be one of our most popular learning modules. And why not? It features ice cream!

Ice cream kit gives learning a shake-up

27 April 2018

DairyNZ has a very cool kit for schools that challenges children to make their own ice cream – using their breakfast for inspiration.