Earlier signalling by the dairy industry of how many hectares of maize silage is required each season would assist maize growers to better plan their planting programmes, says the Foundation for Arable Research’s Ivan Lawrie.

The four-day National Fieldays at Mystery Creek last week attracted 106,000 visitors.

After the volatility of recent years, stockfood prices and availability have now stabilised, according to J Swap Stockfoods general manager Morgan Swap.

According to numbers sourced from national authorities, 151,800 tractors were registered across Europe in 2023, of which 26,200 tractors (17%) were 37kW (50 hp) and under and 131,900 (83%) were 38kW and above.

Family and solidarity shone through at the 75 years of Ferdon sale in Otorohanga last month.

Having a trusted feed supplier as part of their team is a vital part of a Eureka family's farm business - especially now that they've shifted to autumn calving.

Not all milk processors in New Zealand are struggling; just look at Westland Milk Products on the West Coast.

Rabobank released its Agribusiness Monthly for March. Here's what the bank had to say about the dairy sector, farm input prices and the weather.

It could be that buyers are hunting out the right farm to purchase as farm sales drop for the three months ended December 2023. That’s according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).

Recent data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows October was another month in which there were fewer farm sales than at the same time in 2022.