Science fiction
OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
DeLaval has come away with the runner up prize in this year’s Fieldays Online innovation competition with a new milking cluster that eliminates the need for conventional liner changes.
Cutting edge technology designed to simulate biosecurity threats has emerged from the collaboration of two Hamilton companies.
Thomas Lundman's work focus has gone from tracking tiny critters in pitch black caves to looking after considerably larger animals in paddocks near Whakatane.
Dairy prices tumbled in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, but analysts aren’t surprised.
Genetics play a crucial role on the Sands' 500-cow family farm in the Bay of Plenty.
OPINION: Ineffective regulation is leading to farmers and growers missing out on products that will increase their productivity and be safer to use.
Westland Dairy Company chief executive Toni Brendish will step down on Friday.
Waikato contract milker Corey Ferguson has been named as the judge for the New Zealand Agricultural Show’s on-farm competition in November.
Changes have been announced to the FMG Young Farmer of the Year contest.
Taupo-based Māori dairy company, Miraka, celebrated a major milestone last week – the production of the billionth pack of UHT milk.
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A national water strategy and water storage facilities top the wish list of the country’s 3500 irrigators.
DairyNZ says some of the people who have completed their training programme, Go Dairy, are already working on dairy farms.
King Country farmer Shane Ardern has never been afraid to be a bit different.
Former Minister for Primary Industries, and retiring MP, Nathan Guy says his plans to invest more than $2 million in a new innovative dairy shed is a vote of confidence in the future of the dairy industry.
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