Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre this week is hosting 25 Primary Industry Trades Academy (PITA) students at its Wairarapa Campus for a full week of practical skills training.

The best of New Zealand's growing talent will be going head-to-head this month in a bid to win the title of Young Grower of the Year at Auckland's Ellerslie Event Centre, on Monday, July 23.

Over the past few weeks, US imported beef prices have dropped as a result of reduced demand for imported product.

Quantec Ltd has signed a major deal to sell its patented milk protein ingredient – IDP - to Auckland-based NZ New Paradise.

AgriVenture New Zealand has teamed up with New Zealand Young Farmers this year to award an AgriVenture scholarship to one lucky NZYF member.

THE NEW public face of weather in New Zealand says it’s too hard to say what pattern is heading our way in the coming months.

INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS and commercial companies will work much more closely together in future, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.

THE GOVERNMENT is considering financial help for stricken kiwifruit growers in the Bay of Plenty.

It's the year of the dragon in China, a particularly auspicious time to have a baby. Someone who is destined to be self-assured, clever, generous and loyal.

New Zealand's major livestock industries have welcomed the recently introduced enhancements to the national animal identification and tracing scheme (NAIT).