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New Centre for Vocational Excellence welcomed
19 August 2019
DairyNZ is delighted that the government has chosen to work with the primary sector to develop New Zealand’s first Centre of Vocational Excellence.
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Government urged to work with farmers to reduce emissions: ETS is not the answer
13 August 2019
DairyNZ Chief Executive Dr Tim Mackle is urging the Government to work with agricultural groups to drive real behaviour change on farm, instead of imposing a broad-based tax.
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Plan Change 7 event planned for farmers
08 August 2019
Farmers in the Orari Temuka Opihi Paeora zone are encouraged to come along to a drop-in day to hear more about how new regional rules may affect them.
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DairyNZ disheartened to hear of impacted kindergarten
08 August 2019
DairyNZ is disheartened to learn of a kindergarten impacted by poor winter grazing practices in Southland.
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Farmers support additional efforts for wintering practices
07 August 2019
New Zealand’s farming sector supports additional efforts to improve winter grazing practices on farms, with a particular focus on animal welfare.
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DairyNZ director Ben Allomes calls it a day
02 August 2019
DairyNZ director Ben Allomes will step down from the industry good body’s board this October.
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Taking pasture in hand
01 August 2019
DairyNZ’s Tiller Talk project was launched two years ago to help dairy farmers improve their pasture and feed management.
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Spring feed management: keeping the cogs turning
01 August 2019
Had a lightbulb moment yet on spring feed management? Get the big picture on how its aspects (or ‘cogs’) work together.
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Investing your levy to lift pasture performance
01 August 2019
DairyNZ's levy-funded projects focus on reducing dairying's environmental effects, while improving pasture dry matter yield, quality and persistence.
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Pasture tips tackle 'what ifs'
01 August 2019
DairyNZ farm systems specialist Chris Glassey gives some advice on how to deal with common challenges faced by farmers at this time of year.
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Grass grows grass, right?
01 August 2019
Does leaving some grass behind after grazing help promote pasture growth? We asked Waikato dairy farmers Hugh Candy and Kerry Lucas-Candy to help tackle the myth.
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Summit: farmer-led, grass-fed
01 August 2019
Pasture Summit is a bi-annual event between New Zealand and Ireland. Register now to hear the latest ideas and developments on achieving profitable food production from grass.
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Uni job becomes dream job
01 August 2019
Fate may have led DairyNZ’s new Taranaki regional leader, Mark Laurence, into dairying but it was passion that made it a career.
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NZ must be able to attract, train and retain skilled farmers
01 August 2019
DairyNZ Chief Executive Dr Tim Mackle welcomes today’s announcement that the Government plans to reform the vocational education sector to increase the responsiveness and accountability to industry.
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The real cost: bringing in extra feed
17 August 2018
Can we reduce our reliance on imported feed? That’s the question those involved in a three-year trial run by the Northland Dairy Development Trust set out to answer.