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Community support motivating factor for Myfanwy

'If you’ve got your health and people you love, that’s all that matters.'

'Amazing opportunity' for Kiwi team at European Young Breeders School

School in Battice hosted over 150 young breeders from 16 countries from Aug 30 to Sep 3.

Waikato DairyNZ Farmwatch for week ending September 29

Waikato farm data for the week ending Friday, September 29.

Slick solutions: Climate-proofing the national dairy herd

Kiwi scientists aim for more heat-tolerant cows to improve productivity and welfare.

Mood of the Boardroom: Fonterra keeps focus on China

The dairy co-op is still expanding its reach and remains bullish on the major market.

Fonterra shareholder farm numbers tumble, but milk market share is king

Watchdog says it's more important that Fonterra is the processor of choice.

Synlait doesn’t rule out capital raise if asset sale falls through

Cash-strapped Synlait Milk has DairyWorks up for sale.

Synlait reports $4.3m net loss, net debt up 21 per cent

The company had forecast a result ranging from a net loss of $5m to a net profit of $5m.

‘Stoked’: $637m Fonterra payout for Northland’s dairy farmers

No big spend up from Northland's dairy farmers despite big payout

Slow growth: Consensus of economists sees tough years ahead

NZIER's survey of economists paints a grim picture of the path ahead.

Focusing on family, friends, connections

“Farming - it’s us. It’s all around us. It’s our family, it’s our friends.”

a2 Milk cancels exclusive deal with Synlait

Milk company says supplier has fallen below delivery standards.

Beyond the pain: What lies ahead for dairy?

Rabobank says tough times faced by the dairy sector won't last forever.

Southland dairy sector employs nearly 1 in 5

Southland's dairy sector had 2300 farming jobs and 770 processing jobs.

More to wintering than going through the motions

Dairy farmer Rick Munro says doing the right thing with wintering is no tick-box exercise.

Fonterra takes aim at long-standing board members

Director who once accused board of 'gagging' her would go in rejig.

Study shows dairy sector making water quality gains

DairyNZ’s water quality science team finds on-farm actions benefitting water quality.

Skimmed milk: Fonterra plans to trim board of directors

Fonterra’s weighty board of 11 directors could be reduced next year.