PADDOCK TO packet it said on the invite, and that's what visitors got at the recent Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year field day.

WITH JUST 5% of Canterbury's wetlands remaining, every little bit of protection for what's left helps.

THE DEER industry has always punched above its weight, becoming a leading force in New Zealand farming.

DON'T GET complacent just because there's plenty of grass and ewes are in good nick going to the ram, a leading vet's warning.

WHILE quad bike accidents, some of them fatal, continue to make headlines, a North King Country farmer has modified his bike to keep himself out of the statistics.

ONE OF the bigger bits of kit at South Island Field Days was the Pottinger Jumbo 6010 self loading wagon on the Origin Agroup stand and owned by McStay Contracting of Woodlands.

An industry-backed trip to Europe will provide an award-winning farming couple with an opportunity to showcase New Zealand's stance on agricultural sustainability.

Last weekend’s sunny weather saw people turn up in droves to Federated Farmers fourth annual Farm Day. Around 5000 people came along to the six host farms in Palmerston North, Christchurch, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Wellington; about 500 more people than last year.

An "absolute passion for the land" has earned Hawke's Bay sheep and beef farmer James Hunter the Supreme title in the 2012 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

DairyNZ is searching for prize dairy effluent storage ponds in the first ever New Zealand Prize Pond 2012 Awards.