Dairy Nz

This new segment looks at some of the major agricultural news of the week with RNZ's rural news team. Reporter Maja Burry chats about dragonfruit, deer milk, rural support for flood-stricken farmers…

Teina McIntyre and Cailtin McRae can't wait to find a job on a dairy farm. They are two of seven students taking part in Dairy NZ's first GoDairy free, training course for people looking at changing…

The beef and dairy industries have yet to decide who will pay and how much of the private sector cost of eradicating Mycoplasma bovis.

Ruapuna farmers Grant and Jan Early are working with Dairy NZ on a six-year research project to reduce nitrate leaching from soil and degrading water quality.

Businesses and political parties have thrown their weight behind a recommendation from the environment watchdog to make emissions reductions legally binding, but the government is proving to be a…

Dairy NZ wanted to avoid increasing talk about Greenpeace's message, which blamed the sector for water pollution.

An advertising watchdog dismissed complaints the advert about water pollution was false and misleading, but one group plans to appeal.

The dairy downturn has cost DairyNZ about $1 million of farmer levy revenue in the past year due to a drop in milk production.

AgResearch's controversial restructure has been approved by the government, despite costing $33m more than first proposed.

Fewer rule-breaking farmers is proof the Water Accord is working, DairyNZ says, but lobby groups say not all dirty dairying is being recorded.

Farmers in some regions can expect a drop in pasture growth this summer due to the impact from El Niño, Dairy NZ says.

DairyNZ's income is forecast to fall over the next year as farmers tighten milk supply.