North Waikato farmer Jim Cotman has stood down from his role as chairperson of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust after six years at the helm.

Rural insurer, FMG, is now accepting applications for their tertiary agriculture scholarship programme.

The Fonterra Shareholders Council says today's launch of the TAF prospectus is a tangible result of years of hard work by the co-op and its farmers.

STRATEGY SHOULD come before structure for new proposals to get the crossbred wool industry on its feet, chief executive of the New Zealand Merino Company Ltd, John Brakenridge, says.

DIRECTORS OF industry-good organisation DairyNZ are in line for a pay increase.

AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST cotton farm has been sold to a consortium which includes a Chinese textile maker.

DROUGHT IN the US and New Zealand economics are coming together in a delicate dance that could affect returns to Kiwi farmers. 

ALLIANCE ROADSHOWS are always must-see events; the recent cooperative meeting at Milton appeared to have the catchy theme ‘too much for too long.’ It was a message most sheep farmers will quickly recognise as our meat industry leaders prepare us for the inevitable drop in schedule prices, when the season gets under way. 

TAUPO FARMER Mike Barton played a leading role in negotiating with Environment Waikato over its controversial nitrogen loss law for the catchment, Variation 5. It’s a law which has hit all farmers in the area in the pocket, both in the short and long term.

FAST GROWING, easily delivered lambs with great survivability and conformation: that’s what you can expect when you use a Southdown ram, says breed society president Blair Robertson.