How do you take a break from the farm? This summer farmers across the country, are hitting the beach to head along to Surfing for Farmers sessions. Listen to Southland dairy farmers Rob Black and Katrina Thomas to find out more.

To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re sharing the powerful story of Emma Walton, a young Waikato contract milker. Emma not only loves dairy farming, but says it saved her life.

Explore insights from the 2025 Farmers Forum series, where 500+ farmers and experts discussed dairy’s future. Access resources, podcasts, and speaker highlights on trade, tech, climate, and farm business strategy.

Talk to experts, other farmers and people you trust.

What’s it like coming into the dairy sector with no experience? How can farm employers make it a softer landing for newbies and increase our chances of them succeeding and remaining in farming?

What might NZ dairy farming look like in 2030? What strategies and technologies could Kiwi farmers adopt to get ahead of our global competitors, like US mega-dairies?

In this live podcast recorded at Fieldays 2022, we catch up with Waikato farm manager Christopher Vila, who won last year’s NZ Dairy Manager of the Year Award.

We all know that attracting and retaining great staff is an ongoing challenge for the dairy sector.

Recorded on 15 June 2022. We have some real challenges ahead of us as a country over the coming decades when it comes to improving water quality, increasing biodiversity, and reducing emissions.

Recorded on 20 April 2022. With over 12,000 businesses across New Zealand employing over 30,000 workers on farms, our success in attracting, retaining and growing our people will determine whether the dairy sector thrives or survives.

Recorded on 9 March 2022. Kiwi dairy farmers are increasingly under pressure with ever-changing regulations, acute workforce shortages, and all the complexities that come with a changing world.