Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Dairy farmers are celebrating as the sector delivers a record year.  Data from Dairy NZ's annual state of the dairy nation report shows farmers produced an unprecedented 21 billion litres of milk in the 2024/2025 season.  It's also brought the highest ever export earnings worth $27.1 billion.  Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Karl Dean told Ryan Bridge a lot of it comes down to herd testing to ensure Kiwi cows have the best genetics.  He says as performance and profitability continue to increase, the Government gets more tax revenue.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.