Northland dairy farms seriously non-compliant with effluent monitoring standards, report says
Northland’s chief environment watchdog has admitted its farm effluent monitoring lagged behind other regions partly because checks were not carried out throughout the year.
Northland dairy farmers to lose nearly $5m in revised milk price
A slight fall in the forecast milk payout will slash nearly $5m from the earnings of Northland dairy farmers.
Synlait Milk's $2b man John Penno only wanted to be a farmer
John Penno says he only wanted to be a farmer; instead he set up a major export dairy company.
Milk in bottles is not just about 'the good old days'
You don’t have to be an old fogey to remember when milk came in bottles, but you do need a memory that stretches back to the last century: milk bottles started to be replaced by cartons in the early 1970s when supermarkets took over from the milkman, and by the late 1980s they were just about history.
High debt, low margins force Fonterra to cut back milk price, dividend
High debt and tight margins have forced Fonterra to pare back its farmgate milk price for the season just ended, and ditch plans for a second-half dividend in a bid to shore up its balance sheet.
North Canterbury dairy farm infected with M.bovis.
Another North Canterbury dairy farm has been confirmed to be infected with Mycoplasma bovis. The Ministry for Primary Industries says the farm is connected to known infected farms through animal movements. Tracing work from this farm was under way.
Dairy farms' sustainability to be marketed
The sustainability of Australia’s dairy farmers will be highlighted as part of a project showing the journey of dairy products from farmgate to the fridge.
Dairy farmers plan to walk away from industry after years of financial uncertainty
Dairy farmer Steve Dalitz loves his cows and knows them all by name, but he is preparing to say goodbye to them.
Dairy farmers face a potential $78,000 income cut
The average Fonterra farmer might be $78,000 less well off a year if dairy prices fall as predicted.
Dairy farmer calls for peers to look after themselves
IT STARTED as any other January day on David Byrd’s Byaduk North dairy farm.