Dairy Farming

It's calving season in the dairy sector and many farmers and staff are working huge hours to look after their animals. Country Life is up before the birds with Carterton dairy farmer Jody James to see… Audio, Gallery

The recent Groundswell protest put farmers’ grievances about the government’s environmental policies front and centre. Good timing for a new six-part documentary series exploring the dairy industry,… Video, Audio

A new six-part documentary investigates the impact and future of the dairy farming boom in Aotearoa. It's called 'Milk and Money', it's streaming on TVNZ. The journalist behind the series, Baz… Video, Audio

John Smart has been based at Clutha Vets in Otago since he graduated in 1976. Audio

Quinn Morgan was recently named the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer of the Year. Audio

Asked to think of a "typical Kiwi farmer" and your mind might stray to a Fred Dagg or a Wal Footrot, but a new book has captured the diversity of those making a living off the land. The Kiwi Farmers… Audio

Dairy farmer Sam Owen shares the tips that help him maintain his mental well-being. Audio

Harvesting is the busiest time of year for hop farmer Cameron Ealam and his extended family who are working from dawn to dusk picking, cleaning and drying several varieties of aromatic hop cones that… Audio, Gallery

Twenty-eight-year-old Richard Waugh buys in 50 tonnes of waste vegetables each week to feed his herd. Audio

A  Manawatū dairy farming family is enjoying spending more time together after they installed robots in their dairy shed. Video, Audio

Three farms are now using start-up company Halter's cow collars that use sound and vibration to guide cows around the farm and to keep them contained, without the use of fences. Audio, Gallery

Johan Buys spends his days tending cows' feet. It can be a mucky job but he says it's enormously satisfying watching a cow that was lame stroll painlessly back to the paddock. Audio, Gallery

When Paul Awaikera graduated from Lincoln University he decided not to go back to the Solomon Islands as his degree focused on temperate agriculture. Back home because it's tropical, he says it… Audio

Waikato farmers Bart and Vanessa van de Ven have battled through a couple of trying calving seasons but this year they have had time to 'cruise'. Bart says brilliant weather has helped but he's also… Audio

Whitford dairy farmer Donald Pearson bequeathed his dairy farm and all its cows to New Zealand Young Farmers. There are plans to build an education centre on the farm so that children from nearby… Audio

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… Audio

Graham and Tess Smith live in a beautiful valley 50 minutes' drive south of Hamilton. Their dairy farm is tiny by today's standards with just 83 cows but that's just the way Graham wants it. He also… Audio, Gallery

Lincoln University PhD student Cameron Marshall is studying a genetic line for a trait in dairy cows that leads to less nitrogen in urine. Audio

Jenna O'Sullivan is working in her dream job for the livestock genetics company CRV Ambreed. Audio

Helensville dairy farmers Scott and Sue Narbey have been adding up how much this year's drought has cost them. Audio, Gallery