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Discipline with budgets and not buying excess supplements, even in a high milk price season, is helping Waikato sharemilkers Brett and Emily Bradshaw repeat a sustainable profitable system year on year. Sheryl Haitana reports.

Whatever happens to Freshwater Plan changes, Northland faces significant challenges with climate change. By Delwyn Dickey.

Consistent high performance is the benchmark of the Southland farms in Agribusiness Consultants’ portfolio. Anne Lee reports.

A Southland couple have bought the farm they were sharemilking and are taking part in the Carbon Neutral Dipton study. Anne Lee reports. Photos by Edwin Mabonga.

A young trio are furthering their farm training with online and in-person courses. By Claire Ashton.

Another new dairy processing plant has opened in South Waikato, this one owned and operated by a Singaporean conglomerate. By Claire Ashton.

A Northland sharemilking couple are making their mark on the environment of the farm where they live and work.
By Delwyn Dickey. Photos: Malcolm Pullman

Mitigating the risk of New Zealand’s unique wildlife, plants and habitats disappearing is at the heart of a proposed biodiversity credits system Phil Edmonds writes.

A south Taranaki couple met as small children, reconnected at Massey University, and are now producing for their community. Story and photos by Ross Nolly.

A barn housing 1000 Holstein Friesian cows won the 2023 Waikato Regional Supreme Award at the Ballance Farm Environment Awards, for its commitment to productive genetic gain and precision effluent management. Sheryl Haitana visited the three siblings who are the fifth generation of the Singh family dairy farming in New Zealand.