MIKE JOY USED to manage a dairy farm near Palmerston North many years ago and loved the job. 

IN 2005 Livestock Improvement Cooperative (LIC) became the first company in the world to offer a team of crossbred bulls. 

“WHAT WE have here is like a big sandpit – a place where people can get together to play to try and achieve great outcomes.”

HIGH MILK urea? No problem, says Dairy NZ.

A NOVEL technique to determine lambs’ brown fat reserves could help identify techniques to increase survival rates, particularly of multiples, says Agresearch.

BILL O’NEILL and Massey Fergusson go back a long way. 

New Zealand's rural contracting industry contributed almost a billion dollars to the country's economy last year, according to recently published research.

DAIRY TECHNOLOGY designer and manufacturer, Waikato Milking Systems, is looking forward to a productive 2014, with new trade opportunities opening up.

A WELL-RESPECTED Tararua sheep and beef unit sold in late December for $6.75 million, setting a new benchmark for farms of similar scale and quality, says the property's selling agent.

TWO NEW FARMER directors will join the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Board after the annual meeting in Feilding on March 14.