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Bonnie Flaws05:00, May 13 2021 Supplied Fabio Da Silva, an operations manager for five Culverden dairy farms has been stuck in Japan since leaving for a 10-day skiing trip just before the New Zealand border was closed. Fabio Da Silva was running five Canterbury dairy farms and was on a work-to-residency track when an ill-timed skiing holiday to Japan, just before the border closed, cut that short. He was still there, after his employer Tim Delaney had his sixth visa application for Da Silva turned down on what his immigration adviser said was a technicality. The application to renew his visa...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Dairy farmers' request for MIQ spaces turned down 11 May, 2021 02:00 AM 5 minutes to read Federated Farmers' application for 500 dairy workers to enter the country was turned down. File photo / RNZ - Rebekah Parsons-King Federated Farmers' application for 500 dairy workers to enter the country was turned down. File photo / RNZ - Rebekah Parsons-King RNZ Federated Farmers is disappointed dairy farm workers were not included in the plan to use empty managed isolation (MIQ) rooms to get more skilled and critical workers into the country. About 500 spaces - made available be...

The Country - Duck hunting edition 30 Apr, 2021 01:00 AM Quick Read On with the show: Advertisement Ray Grubb: We caught up with the new chairman of Fish & Game and asked about his organisation's new farmer-friendly face, as around 45,000 Kiwis ready for duck hunting season tomorrow. Jeremy Rookes and Stu Loe: Today's farmer panel talked the big dry, duck hunting and footy. Dr Tim Mackle: Dairy NZ's chief executive reviewed yesterday's Farmers' Forum in Hamilton, where 400 farmers were addressed by the likes of James Shaw, Cameron Bagrie and Todd Muller. Related articles

"This report has significant implications for our farmers and rural communities."

Dairy NZ says the sector will strive to meet the Climate Commission’s ambitions.