What's going on?
OPINION: On the 2nd of May, Agriculture Minister Todd McClay announced that the 'government remains on track to ban full…
Farmers can now order, initiate and record fertiliser and spray applications on their farms at the click of a button.
Visiting the Fieldays this week? It may pay to leave your car home.
We might harp on about the increasing volatility and interconnectedness of commodity trends and forces.
The most important asset on a farm is the farmer; a healthy farmer means a healthy business.
An Irish bull famously saved from slaughter even though his owners thought he was gay has now surprised them by trying to mate with cows.
Those fortunate enough to make it into the annual Queen’s birthday honours list deserve the accolade, we believe.
Not everyone loves Fonterra, let’s accept that.
The payout news has been pretty average recently, so no surprises that confidence in the industry isn’t at an all-time high.
Synlait Milk has set a forecast milk price for the upcoming 2015/2016 dairy season of $5.50/kgMS, saying they have confidence that commodity prices will recover.
International dairy markets remain depressed, with abundant supply and lacklustre demand continuing to weigh on pricing.
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Australian dairy expertise and services are set to play a key role in developing a modern, high quality milk production sector in India.
A giant worm weaving through the air marks the location of the AgResearch stand in the Mystery Creek Pavilion at this year's National Agricultural Fieldays.
High-tech Bluetooth 'blip trackers', a dedicated hashtag, and a webpage are among the new initiatives designed to help people plan, and share, their Fieldays travels with live, real-time traffic information this week.
Rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong is hitting the ground running at this year's National Fieldays where it will offer free health checks for farmers.
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