THE FARM is not large: 91ha near Opiki, north of Shannon. It’s excellent dairy country and a potato growing area. The farm is owned by John Seymour and is beautifully set up. Milking is through a modern herringbone shed and the tanker turnaround area is neatly landscaped. The farm’s utility sheds are new and modern.

EVERYBODY NEEDS a plan for foot and mouth disease (FMD), says Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) bull farm veterinarian Ken Cottier. 

FARMERS ARE urged to vaccinate their young stock earlier against Leptospirosis to better protect themselves, their staff and their animals from the disease.

Fonterra's second farming hub in China will be located at Ying County, Shanxi Province and  it is looking to secure strategic partners in the development.

FONTERRA’S RECENT botulism scare has not dented customer confidence, says chairman John Wilson.

WELCOME TO the first of a monthly column I will write in Rural News to update readers on news and views of rural contractors and Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ).

AS A farmer with an interest in soil management I am always looking for information to deepen my understanding of how to best look after the soil on my farm. 

IN LIGHT of the recent botulism scare and having read the Listener editorial (‘A Terrifying Truth’, August 17), the oft-quoted words of Mark Twain come to mind: “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”.  

A NATIVE fly, Ostenia robusta, is being assessed as a possible biocontrol for grass grub after an unprecedented find of its larvae predating the pasture pest last spring.

Any farm with several stock classes presents its challenges but as Peter Burke reports, research farm managers have a whole new level of complexity to deal with.