DairyNZ’s 2023 Farmers’ Forum events will give dairy farmers the opportunity to hear from talented scientists and sector experts about practical science-based solutions and innovation to tackle agricultural challenges.Registrations are […]
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AEWV median wage requirement draws fire
By Simon Edwards A requirement to pay the median wage to migrant dairy workers coming in under the Accredited Employer Work Visa is simply uneconomic for some farmers and sharemilkers. […]
Women feature strongly at 2023 Hawke’s Bay/Wairarapa Dairy Industry Awards
The adverse weather challenges that wreaked mayhem and destruction upon Hawke’s Bay/Wairarapa earlier this year, combined with other challenges on farm this season such as labour shortages, has severely impacted […]
Economic Week – March 24
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Dairy prices down again The Global Dairy Trade declined at this week’s auction, down 2.6% compared to the previous event a fortnight ago. […]
2023 Manawatū Dairy Industry Awards winners announced
An exceptionally wet spring and summer combined with adverse weather challenges early this year severely impacted entrant numbers in the Manawatū dairy industry awards programme. Traditionally, when a region has […]
Feds Dairy Council sets three-year strategy
By Hamish Barwick The Federated Farmers Dairy Executive has been working on a Dairy Section strategy for the next three years. It focuses on areas where it can add the […]
Sharing data, lessons on better use of surplus calves
It’s a ‘wicked’ problem – highly complex, with various stakeholders who have different versions of what the key issues are. But that doesn’t mean it’s unsolvable, Sarah Bolton told the […]
West Coast/Top of South Island Dairy Industry Award Winners proud to be caretakers of land
The major winners in the 2023 West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards say being caretakers of the land is a pretty special job to have and are proud […]
Economic Week – March 17
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy GDP falls Economic activity fell 0.6% in the December 2022 quarter, according to Statistics NZ’s Gross Domestic Product. Nine of the 16 industries […]
Wet weather provides challenges for Auckland/Hauraki Dairy Awards
An exceptionally wet spring and summer combined with adverse weather challenges early this year has severely impacted entrant numbers in the Auckland/Hauraki dairy industry awards programme. Traditionally, when a region […]