Media Release

Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) has been successful in achieving two years of funding support from the Government’s sustainable food and fibre futures grant funding. Jules Benton, Dairy Women’s Network CEO, said “almost half a million dollars has been allocated to support a new programme that will empower farming women to create innovative solutions to a […]

Dairy Women’s Network will be holding a Calf Rearing Expo in Stratford on the 9th of June followed by events in Matamata, Ashburton and Invercargill.   Dairy farmers and calf rearers are invited to hear SealesWinslow Nutrition and Quality Manager Natalie Hughes, and AgriVantage Technical Advisor and Nutritionist Natalie Chrystal, present on how to maximise the

With climate change and environmental policies top of mind for the new season, Dairy Women’s Network and ASB Bank are hosting a live webinar around on-farm sustainability on Tuesday 10 May. The webinar will see experts in on-farm and financial sustainability, including Greig Sinclair from ASB Bank, Annika Coveney from Fortuna Group, Charlotte Glass from

Dairy Women’s Network is announcing that Trustee and 2019 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year Trish Rankin is taking up the role of Chair, with Karen Forlong remaining on the Trust Board as the newly-appointed Chair Support. Going to market for new trustees in 2020 highlighted the need for good succession planning within the Network,

Dairy Women’s Network have a new supporter in Hamertons Lawyers, a full service legal practice serving Whakatane and the surrounding rural communities. The new partnership will see dairy farming businesses around the country benefit from advice and grassroots knowledge in the areas of Agribusiness, Property, Succession Planning, Employment and Family Law, with Hamertons’ expertise shared

Dairy Women’s Network’s new associate trustee position has been filled by Gore dairy farmer and previous Southland Hub Leader, Jess Moore. Moore was one of 14 applicants who offered a variety of skills and CVs to the role, but was selected based on her wide involvement with the Network and dairy industry at leadership and

Due to the changing nature of New Zealand’s dairy industry, resilience is an important tool for the wellbeing of farmers and industry professionals. Dairy Women’s Network have teamed up with the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing and Resilience to teach rural communities the practical skills of resilience and combating stress, through a webinar series on Real-time

Dairy Women’s Network are helping current and future farm owners and teams to future-proof their businesses with a webinar series on How to Build a Bloody Good Business, funded by DairyNZ. Run between the 7th and the 10th of March, the online webinar series will look at the qualities of a resilient business and strategies

Dairy Women’s Network and Ballance Agri-Nutrients are supporting rural communities to build resilience and cope with the challenges of change, through new webinars with psychologist Cynthia Johnson. The webinars on Wednesday 2nd and Tuesday 8th March will address the difference between pressure and stress; how the mind responds to external events; the biology of stress;