Wintering cows on crops is a common strategy to help keep them in good condition, but it may result in them getting sick. 

Three big challenges have many farmers looking at self-containing their farming operations and growing most of their feed on land they either own or control.

New Zealand's new national ambassadors for sustainable farming and growing, Mark and Catriona White, are getting better-than-average production out of their kiwifruit operation using organic farming methods.

A Waikato veterinarian says magnesium deficiency in cattle diets is a growing issue for his dairy clients.

Combining the expertise of three businesses solved the Rogers effluent problems on their 126ha family farm just south of Taupiri, Waikato. 

Dairy farmers and calf rearers will in a few months be flat-out dealing with new life on farms. AgResearch scientist Dr Sue McCoard and colleagues are working on adding valuable science and data to this important task. 

Pasture was more profitable in years of lower payout and better weather, but feeding PKE came into its own with higher payout and poorer weather.

Farmers in New Zealand know that soil is notoriously low in selenium, requiring a supplement to avoid impaired health and performance of livestock. 

Dairy farmers running pasture-based systems on the coast of California have adapted their practice to produce organic milk.

Farmers need to ask themselves how often they have loaded onto a truck an animal they would not be happy eating, says Nuffield scholar David Kidd.