AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers struggling under the weight of mounting     losses are walking away from their land. 

WINNING THE title ‘Dairy Woman of the Year’ would open the door to represent the dairy industry in an urban context, says BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd, Waipukurau. 

AS FONTERRA last month announced a 33% surge in half-year net profit, its share price had another story to tell.

MORE THAN a few farmers would have coughed up their morning coffee on March 13 when they looked at the front page of the New Zealand Herald.  There was a photo of a cow looking up at a rifle muzzle and about to get a bullet. 

A SHEEP breed which promises to add-value to both meat and wool was launched at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days.

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is these days most likely to enter your herd on the back of a truck, warns a retiring TBfree NZ stalwart with a lifetime’s experience of managing the disease control effort.

SEVERAL EXHIBITORS at the recent South Island Agricultural Field Days, Lincoln, were supported by manufacturers who’d flown half-way round the world to support their products.

It was a headline to strike fear into the hearts of the New Zealand wine industry, even if there were many shaking their heads at its validity.

As more and more growers become aware of the impact of Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (leafroll virus), action is increasingly being taken to remove infected vines.

The good news is – vine nurseries are back in business after four years of having their backs to the walls.