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A sharemilker, a Dairy Business of the Year recipient, and a contract milker and farm consultant have been named as this year’s finalists for the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year award. Belinda Price, a sharemilker based in Whanganui, joins Ashburton dairy farmer Rebecca Miller and Chevon Horsford, a contract milker, farm consultant and Māori […]

“Over the years of working with people in many different sized teams, we discovered that it mattered how we were behaving and acting with our team,” says Rebecca Miller of MilkIQ. Dairy Women’s Network knows that putting people first drives a healthy business and will be running a series of workshops focused on this. They

The women at the grass roots of Dairy Women’s Network are being recognised for their contributions to the organisation and the dairy industry, as the annual Regional Leader of the Year award moves into its second year with the support of rural insurance company FMG. The award is a celebration of their role in connecting the

Women around the country are invited to one of three Allflex and Dairy Women’s Network conferences in April. Held in Taupo, Ashburton and Queenstown, each event will be packed with plenty of opportunities for growth under the theme of Step Up Together. Joining them at each event is former Black Stick and three-time Olympian Gemma

A new partnership between the Dairy Women’s Network and New Zealand owned milk replacer supplier AgriVantage is set to increase farmers’ knowledge around the importance of nutrition in the early stages of calf rearing. Recognising that an animal’s start in life determines their long-term health and lifetime production, AgriVantage supports farmers throughout New Zealand to

After five years at the Dairy Women’s Network Trust Board table Pamela Storey will pull up a chair for the last time in November, providing an opportunity for a new trustee with a ‘fresh perspective’ to shape the future of the organisation. “I think it’s important as we go through our governance career, to make

Nominations are now open for the 2021 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year as the industry searches for its next inspiring and passionate leader.    Dairy women are encouraged to nominate their role models in the industry before February when finalists will be put before a judging panel, comprised of Dairy Women’s Network Trustee Sophie Stanley, 2019 Dairy Woman of the Year Trish Rankin,

Allflex Livestock Intelligence, MSD and IDEXX are changing the game of animal health in a new ‘Tech Talk and Eradicating BVD’ workshop series, for Dairy Women’s Network members and farmers nationwide. The workshops will focus on Allflex’s monitoring system technology and how that technology can help with heat detection as well as overall animal health.

Dairy Women’s Network members will get a hand in planning for the future of their farm business, with a new workshop series held in conjunction with NZ CA Limited and ASB. These free three-hour sessions will help attendees understand their options for succession; what to think about when going through the process; how to navigate