OPINION: New Zealand has been robbed of an opportunity to shape welfare standards in the global trade of live animals, with the upcoming passage of a law that will end exports from this country as of April next year.

OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that while things might be looking rosy for meat sector returns at the moment, a chronic lack of workers means processors and exporters are missing out on even potentially bigger dividends.

In a remarkable turnaround, the United States has in the past year become the major market for NZ chilled sheepmeat, overtaking the UK which has held this position seemingly forever.

New chair of Deer Industry NZ Mandy Bell wants the deer industry to be recognised as a sector that produces really healthy protein and is farmed by people who are passionate about the environment.

A strong result in a year like no other is how Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell is describing the co-operative's annual results.

Fonterra is maintaining its 2022-23 forecast farmgate milk price range of $8.50–$10/kgMS.

While Chinese motor vehicle brands are becoming more commonplace on the roads of New Zealand, the same can’t be said about Chinese quad bike and side-by- sides on farms.

A peanut growing industry may be established in New Zealand if current trials are successful.

Three generations of Anthony Rakich’s family have been growing strawberries in West Auckland, using the traditional methods for at least 90 years.

Beekeepers need to wake up to the threat of a new bee parasite that is steadily expanding around the world.