In a move that illustrates the current parlous state of the dairy industry, the country's biggest farmer is pulling out of dairy and moving into sheep milking.

Landcorp will conclude its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group at the end of May 2017.

Landcorp will not renew its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group (SPG) when it concludes at the end of May 2017.

A new form of wine sales has hit the New Zealand market, backed by two well known wine afficinados.

It is generally accepted by society that a glass of red wine is good for your health, but is this just another health myth?

Waikato's Dahook Azzam regards her job at an Inghams Enterprises meat chicken breeder farm as an ideal opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience.

Tractors, luv 'em or hate them, one thing is for sure - life on the farm would be hard without them.

El Nino will still be the main climate driver for the next three months or perhaps even longer despite recent rain, says Chris Brandolino, principal scientist forecasting at NIWA.

Those big black lumps at each corner of your tractor are the contact with the ground, and as such they ultimately convert the power delivered by the engine into traction.

Grower representatives will knock on doors in the Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn today to thank more than 300 households for helping save New Zealand's $6 billion industry from the Queensland Fruit Fly.