It's spring, so harvest season will soon be upon us and shrewd operators will have used the long winter nights to service their tractors and machinery to ensure a trouble-free campaign.

Drought response committee members are preparing to mobilise again in North Canterbury.

NZLocums, A recruitment division of the NZ Rural General Practice Network, has placed its first nurse practitioner in a permanent role in a New Zealand rural general practice.

Bull prices are soaring and farmers are urged to insure against losses.

Speaking to Rural News after his SIDE speech, Sir Ray Avery said he thinks the whole dairy industry is too “product focussed”.

What do an entrepreneur, a mountaineer and a television presenter have in common with dairy farmers?

Eight months after taking the chocolate milk market by storm, dairy company Lewis Road Creamery has set its sights on ice cream and coffee milk.

Who says rugby and dairying don’t mix well? Just ask James Foote, a semi-professional rugby player who switched to dairying four years ago and recently notched up one of the biggest wins of his career.

A ten-year scheme for dairying and healthy ecosystems is breaking down longstanding tensions between farmers and ecologists, says Fonterra’s Carly Robinson.

Alex Furniss has only ploughed at one New Zealand final – Gore in 1966.