Judging has begun to select the winners in the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards from the record 525 entrants.

The rising New Zealand dollar being toyed with on the international currency market is driving local wool values down, says New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson.

Rainfalls and temperatures around the country are likely to be near normal for almost all regions, says NIWA.

Time is closing in on the search to find the best innovation in the New Zealand irrigation industry.

While the number of agricultural deaths has fallen from 19 in 2010 to 15 in 2011, Federated Farmers is committed to bring it down still further.

With the new school year kicking off today, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is calling for a national police campaign to target speedsters past school buses.

CHINA COULD have sued New Zealand for breach of its Free Trade Agreement if Pengxin’s application to buy the Crafar farms was declined, says a legal academic.

A local consortium which made an unsuccessful bid for Crafar Farms says it will challenge in court the Government's decision to approve a Chinese buyer.

Ahead of the facial eczema risk season, farm nutrition company Altum is releasing a new treatment formula.

US ATV maker Polaris has launched another "extreme performance' 4x4 side-by-side machine: the RZR XP 4 900 with grunt – 88hp.