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Cutting out shearing injuries

Last year 755 work-related injuries occurred during wool harvesting – resulting in 9300 working days lost.

The wool industry wants a new online training tool to be used in every woolshed to reduce the injuries occurring in and around the sheds.

Lamb prices off the boil

Lamb prices have dropped by 48 cents/kg or 5.7%.

Lamb prices have moved from a boil to a simmer, according to ASB Commodities Weekly report.

Plastic sheep rake in money

The plastic sheep that became famous around Christchurch city after the earthquakes have slowly started going to new homes.

Beef + Lamb director nominations open

Nominations have opened for two Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) directorships.

Miraka carves out excellence

Miraka chief executive Richard Wyeth believes a highly-engaged team with a good culture will only help a company be financially successful.

We spoke to Miraka Dairy Company chief executive Richard Wyeth about the company being a finalist for the Māori Agribusiness Award at the Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

Investors shy away from Fonterra units

Fonterra Shareholders Fund chairman John Shewan chats with National’s agriculture spokesman Nathan Guy at the co-op’s annual meeting earlier this month.

Large investors are walking away from Fonterra Shareholders Fund (FSF) as the co-op grapples with its financial performance.

M. bovis casts long shadow over the show

Cattle fitter Brett Barclay is all concentration as he prepares an animal for the dairy ring on the first day of the 2018 New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch. Barclay, his partner Paige McLaggan and his father Tim Barclay were at the show to assist Tim’s cousin Dean Geddes -- one of just three dairy exhibitors at this year’s show.

Mycoplasma bovis has cast its shadow over the New Zealand Agricultural Show.

Fonterra election process raises questions

She’s back – re-elected Fonterra director Leonie Guiney with husband Kieran at the co-op’s annual meeting earlier this month.

Fonterra's inconclusive director election is raising questions among shareholders.

Biosecurity: we’re in this together

Biosecurity is relevant to every New Zealander, according to the head of Biosecurity NZ Roger Smith.

Another attack from Greenpeace

Greenpeace is calling for a ban on the use of nitrogen fertilisers.

The multi-national environmental activist group Greenpeace is again targeting the New Zealand farming sector, this time calling for a ban on the use of nitrogen fertilisers.