With the GDT auction index continuing soggy or worse, unusual weather patterns and debt troubling many farmers, how are they coping at farm level?

We know how our two countries compare on the rugby field but how do they compare in the competitive business of international wine marketing?

The Waikato Regional Council is facing a range of environmental and production pest challenges this year following a busy 12 months controlling unwanted animals and plants.

A new website has pop-up called waterqualitynz, which purports to provide “independent honesty in freshwater environmental reporting in NZ”.

The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays is now into its second day and the Rural News Group team are there checking out the action.

The winner of the 2015 Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Maori sheep and beef is Mangaroa Station owned by Bart and Nukuhia Hadfield.

 Australian dairy company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has come to the rescue of 40 farmers caught up in the receivership of an independent processor.

“We are willing to keep learning, evolving and growing.” Those words from 2015 Sharemilkers/Farmers of the Year, Justin and Melissa Slattery, are perhaps a key to their success.

Charlotte Krajewski, age 26, is a cellar hand at Elephant Hill.

Central Otago’s Chard Farm Winery is celebrating 25 years on the farm later this month with a VIP wine tasting, birthday party and a family-friendly locals’ Open Day.