Business

By Jackie Harrigan.

A high proportion of New Zealand beef production has dairy industry origins. But is it really inferior? By Paul Muir of On Farm Research.

With a goal of less waste, less run-off, less nutrients entering the waterways, sea lettuce has great potential. By Elaine Fisher.

When banks won’t lend, it’s the place of other institutions to step in. By Phil Edmonds.

The real threat to New Zealand dairy is from alternatives in the business-to-business ingredients industry, the very same market NZ dairy thrives in. By Elaine Fisher.

When Steve and Shelli Mears, and their daughter Katie, decided to give up sharemilking, buy their first farm and sell raw milk directly to consumers, it was for the cows.

Story and photographs by Karen Trebilcock.

It’s only a few weeks until the country’s largest two-day, dairy farming conference - the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) – kicks off.

Welsh-born Kirsty Thomas encourages fellow ‘townies’ to make the move to farming. By Anne Lee.

As farmers lower emissions they will adapt their systems. By Elaine Fisher.