Innovation is long overdue in mastitis management to protect New Zealand farmers’ global leadership in dairying, says an academic.

From the early stages of his scientific career, Dr Brian Jordan has been focusing on the impact light has on plant development.

Allen Meadows is a self-confessed, “obsessive” Burgundy lover.

Research at the universities of Otago and Auckland is aimed at developing and field testing new teat sanitising products within two-three years, to control bovine mastitis.

Great, according to my dictionary, means; “much higher than average in amount, extent or intensity”, or “much higher than average in ability, quality or importance.”

Federated Farmers president Dr William Rolleston spoke on global trade and its impact on farmers at the Feds’ national council last month. Here are excerpts from his speech.

Better growing conditions over summer than during a bad spring is likely a factor in the dip of 3.2% in the GlobalDairyTrade auction last week, economists say.

Unless you were in an area where you felt the full force of the November 14 Kaikoura earthquake, it is hard to comprehend the intensity of it.

The world changed, for better or worse, with the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President.

A bizarre weather pattern is dividing the country right down the middle, with some areas facing serious drought and others swamped with too much rain.