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Dairying increases in importance in South Island

Friday, 15 October 2010, 2:34 pm | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ chairman the Hon John Luxton told the industry good organisation’s annual general meeting in Lincoln yesterday (14 September) that the latest DairyNZ figures show production has steadily increased over the last decade. More >>

Promoting The Dairy Industry To New Zealanders

Friday, 13 August 2010, 3:57 pm | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ says its new Go Dairy campaign is a significant change in direction and is aimed at showing New Zealanders how much they have to be proud of in the country’s dairy industry. More >>

Sentencing highlights new penalties for farmers

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 10:50 am | Dairy NZ

Operators of two dairy farms within the Lake Rotorua catchment have been sentenced following incidents in 2009 where effluent was illegally discharged. More >>

Sentencing highlights new penalties for farmers

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 10:50 am | Dairy NZ

Operators of two dairy farms within the Lake Rotorua catchment have been sentenced following incidents in 2009 where effluent was illegally discharged. More >>

A decision not to be taken lightly

Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 9:31 am | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ is advising farmers to consider the costs and benefits carefully before deciding to milk once-a-day (OAD) in early lactation. More >>

Climate change workshops for rural professionals

Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 4:35 pm | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ is leading a MAF-funded project to run a nationwide series of free workshops for farm advisors on climate change issues and land management practices across the country. More >>

Challenges For New Zealand Dairy Farmers

Saturday, 8 May 2010, 10:27 am | Dairy NZ

Former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has challenged New Zealand’s dairy farmers to prosper from the markets of tomorrow by acting now. More >>

Farmers To Combine Business With Pleasure

Thursday, 15 April 2010, 10:22 am | Dairy NZ

Dairy farming couples are being encouraged to take a break to focus on both business and pleasure, over the next few months. DairyNZ is hosting its popular Mark and Measure seminars in two of the biggest holiday hot spots in New Zealand – Queenstown and ... More >>

Consultation period extended for effluent design

Thursday, 8 April 2010, 4:18 pm | Dairy NZ

The consultation period has been extended until April 30 due to interest in the new farm dairy effluent design code and standards. More >>

Dairy Industry Serious About Non-Compliance

Thursday, 18 March 2010, 12:23 pm | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ says it is disappointing that dairy farm effluent non-compliance is still unacceptably high throughout the country, despite considerable industry effort to improve the situation. More >>

Outcomes in New Dairy Code Are Common Sense

Friday, 19 February 2010, 12:18 pm | Dairy NZ

The new Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare was launched today at DairyNZ’s Lye Farm in the Waikato by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon David Carter. The new code sets out standards of care and recommended world best practices for the management of dairy ... More >>

Dairy Industry Welcomes Govt Decision on NAIT

Wednesday, 27 January 2010, 11:59 am | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) say the new national animal identification scheme (NAIT) is an important step forward for New Zealand agriculture. More >>

Help cows chill out this summer

Thursday, 14 January 2010, 3:04 pm | Dairy NZ

A cool cow in the summer is a happy cow, says DairyNZ animal welfare specialist Dr Adele Arnold. She says although NIWA’s seasonal climate outlook this summer predicts below average or average temperatures across the country, farmers should still be ... More >>

Animal Welfare Tool Now At Fingertips

Tuesday, 5 January 2010, 2:54 pm | Dairy NZ

Achieving good standards of animal health and welfare on-farm is now even simpler, thanks to the most recent addition to the Compliance Toolkit. The DairyNZ Compliance Toolkit website is designed to help dairy farmers meet compliance requirements around ... More >>

Rotorua to host future environmental farm leaders

Friday, 27 November 2009, 11:13 am | Dairy NZ

Future dairy farming leaders from the length and breadth of New Zealand will meet in Rotorua next week at the Building Dairy Environment Leaders Forum to learn more about sustainability. More >>

Summer nitrogen – a proven winner

Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 10:42 am | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ says it makes good economic sense for farmers to consider applying nitrogen for summer feed. More >>

NZ Dairy, EVBOP Meet on Farmer Compliance Issues

Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 4:49 pm | Dairy NZ

The dairy industry and Environment Bay of Plenty said they’re committed to working together to solve the Rotorua farmers’ effluent non-compliance issues. DairyNZ, Federated Farmers, Environment Bay of Plenty, Fonterra and AgResearch met today and ... More >>

Technology makes career planning in country easy

Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 4:13 pm | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ has launched a career development tool that uses simple technology to bring career planning in the dairy industry to life. Launched today by the Minister of Agriculture David Carter, the Career Pathways tool includes career planning resources, ... More >>

Working together a path to profit

Monday, 19 October 2009, 11:10 am | Dairy NZ

More than 1,600 farmers have attended the first round of the DairyNZ Tight Management campaign local on-farm events. More >>

Get the most out of your fertiliser spend

Thursday, 15 October 2009, 9:52 am | Dairy NZ

DairyNZ says it is worth investing in soil tests and independent advice as well as utilising your nutrient budget when it comes to fertiliser application decisions. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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