Victoria dairy farmer Ian Goodin spent countless hours preparing a 100-page application for the Australian Government’s farm household allowance (FHA) only to be told he is not eligible.

Dairy farmers at a well-attended LIC meeting at Morrinsville heard chairman Murray King propose splitting the co-op into two parts – a herd improvement co-op and an agri-technology company.

Farmer co-op LIC has to win over a sceptical shareholder base before opening its automation business to outside investors.

A multi-agency effort is gearing up to combat the spread of feral wallabies south of the Waitaki River.

The NZ Farm Forestry Association has welcomed the move to combine urban and rural fire services into a new organisation.

The avocado industry has become the seventh industry partner to join the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) biosecurity partnership.

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”.