AgResearch scientist Dr Phil Rolston has been awarded the Chinese government's most prestigious science award for his contributions to agriculture in China.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER to help farmers face economic and environmental pressures is a key challenge facing the Precision Agriculture Association of NZ and one reason the organisation wants to attract more farmers.

FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson says the co-op remains committed to Sri Lanka despite its challenges over past 15 months.

FIVE LEADING New Zealand farmers will take part in international discussions on global food security ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Australia next month. 

FIVE OF New Zealand's leading farmers have been chosen to join an international discussion around global food security, ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Australia next month.

A REPORT produced by Gordon Stephenson trophy-winners Craige and Roz Mackenzie gives a fascinating insight into South American agriculture, says Simon Saunders, acting chair of the NZ Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust.

Fodder beet is New Zealand’s wheat. That’s how Dr Jim Gibbs, a leading researcher from Lincoln University describes the fodder crop which is rapidly gaining popularity among dairy, beef and deer farmers, so much so ‘fodder beet clubs’ are being set up to get best value from the crop.

Mere lip service to sustainability is not in itself sustainable, says chemical company BASF. 

Katherine Tucker has beaten the odds to make it through to the Grand Final of The National Bank Young Farmer Contest after winning the Northern Regional Final on Saturday night.

Swedes who recently visited an award-winning Waikato farm were impressed by our farming, says the New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust.