The first major update to the Dairy Cattle Code of Welfare in more than a decade marks an important step in ensuring animal welfare standards continue to evolve alongside scientific evidence and on-farm realities.

The 2024-25 season was one of the most profitable in a decade, but in a high-cost era, the best farms stand out for what they can control.

Lifting productivity and reducing the dairy sector's environmental footprint is the focus of a new multi-partner initiative.

Further research into extended lactation systems and mating strategies aims to give dairy farmers more options to increase the proportion of calves suited to beef production.

DairyNZ modelling shows a Very Strong El Niño could push farm working expenses to $6.78/kgMS and the national breakeven milk price to $9.07/kgMS, as farmers are urged to prepare for tighter margins and potential feed shortages.

Updated analysis by Sense Partners confirms the dairy sector remains New Zealand’s largest export earner, directly provides more than 51,000 jobs across the country, and is a major purchaser of output from a large number of other sectors.

Proposed changes to the Government’s resource management reforms should make it easier for dairy farmers to focus on running their businesses by reducing unnecessary duplication, costs and complexity.

Today marks Farm Worker Appreciation Day – a day we’re proud to recognise here in New Zealand.

DairyNZ is calling on political parties to commit to six practical policy priorities it says are needed to unlock growth in New Zealand's largest export sector.

DairyNZ is giving New Zealand dairy farmers the opportunity to help shape the sector’s future, with nominations now open for one farmer-elected Board of Directors position and two roles on the Directors’ Remuneration Committee.

The Government has announced a significant investment in the dairy sector as part of its Land Use Flexibility package, including funding for a new DairyNZ-led programme called Responsible Dairy.

Productivity growth matters for competitiveness because it indicates levers farmers can actually control. Prices, weather and regulations are largely beyond our control, but how efficiently we use our land and inputs is not.

DairyNZ Chief Executive Campbell Parker congratulated the winners of the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards held in Rotorua on Saturday.

A 12-month pathway programme has helped kickstart a career in dairy for an 18-year-old student-turned-farmer.