This International Day of Rural Women we profile Kirsty Verhoek who ‘walks the talk’, balancing her interests in animal welfare, agricultural science and innovative dairy farming.

Levy-paying dairy farmers only have a few days left to vote in DairyNZ’s Board of Directors election, with voting closing at 12 noon on Thursday, 17 October.

The opportunity for dairy farmers to have a say in the future of the DairyNZ Board has arrived, with voting now open for two directorships.

The outlook for dairy farms this season is better than anticipated, as emphasised in the latest DairyNZ Econ Tracker update.

DairyNZ welcomes the Government’s move to pause Freshwater Farm Plans while the system is improved.

The Government has announced it will introduce a bill to Parliament by the end of the year, with a dedicated regulator established to oversee applications to use gene technology before 2026.

Dairy farmers are urged to get to know their candidates vying for a position on the DairyNZ Board when voting opens next month.

Urgent updates to regulations relating to discharge in the Resource Management Act will be welcomed by councils, industry and primary producers around the country.

Farmers are encouraged to get their nominations in for DairyNZ’s Board of Director elections, with only a few days left before nominations close.

August 6, is Farm Worker Appreciation Day, which is a chance to showcase the great work of our dairy farmers, both employers and employees. Jayson and Stacey share how they care for their team, and how they are supported themselves on farm.

DairyNZ and the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) have won the research and science category in this year’s Primary Industries NZ Summit Awards.

DairyNZ, LIC and CRV have received the Final Report: Objective evaluation of the current state of genetic improvement in the NZ dairy sector relative to other advanced dairy industries, undertaken by the Independent Working Group (IWG).

Sharing knowledge and wisdom across all ages and stages of farming helps everyone get ahead while connecting rural communities. We talk to two farmers who’re doing just that.

Dairy farmers can pick up practical tools and actions to enhance farm waterways at DairyNZ’s Fieldays site this year.

Generational success was on display at the Ahuwhenua Award dinner this year with the finalists spanning an age range of 70 years, showing how pride and hard work spans many generations.

A dairy farm is the perfect setting to explore science in practice, a local primary school teacher in the Waikato has found, and now she’s taking her learnings back to the classroom.

With the winter season fast approaching, DairyNZ lead adviser Justin Kitto shares some great results from the annual wintering survey and some ideas on how to achieve good practice.

Inside Dairy talks with DairyNZ’s Campbell Parker and Bruce Thorrold about the sector’s past and future, where DairyNZ fits in, and why there’s plenty to be positive about.

Hawke's Bay dairy farmers Greg and Gail Mitchell talk about thow they and their team got through last year's cyclone Gabrielle, their farm's recovery, and what they learned along the way.

DairyNZ is pleased with the changes to the Resource Management Act Bill announced by the Government today, allowing more fit for purpose solutions for dairy farmers.