Starting a family provided the impetus for 2012 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Miles Harrison and Lucy Heffernan, to commit to the dairy industry.

The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) yesterday cleared German company BayWa Ag to take over Turners and Growers.

It's Taranaki Anniversary Day on Monday – but for the eight Young Farmers competing in The National Bank Young Farmer Contest, this won't be a day for relaxing.

Animal nutrient provider, SealesWinslow has appointed Graeme Smith as chief executive, effective May 1.

GOT A tripod fuel tank? Then best look into replacing it or you might not get it filled in future, fuel companies and farmer representatives say.

You could almost sense the relief among Lincoln University Dairy Farm’s management team at the Focus Day held recently on the showcase 160ha irrigated property.

People change behaviours when the rewards are right. These rewards can be economic and/or emotional – but they have to be greater than the cost (including energy) of implementation of the change, and the cost of not changing. 

THE HARD work of TB vector control is starting to pay dividends across the Central North Island.

KUHN PZ mowers have been around for 45 years, and the maker should know a bit about manufacturing them.

When a farm mows about 1600ha per annum they need a machine that will go the distance. So when the owners of Jedburgh Station in Eastern Southland were buying a new mower the logical choice was a set of SIP Silvercut Double Mowers.