DAIRY FARMERS could lower the risk of mastitis and grades from somatic cell counts and other bacteria with a Dairymaster ClusterCleanse, says company director Craig Burrows.

THE FOURTH generation Range Rover is touted as the most capable and luxurious Land Rover yet.  Lighter, stronger and with new levels of refinement, it presents as the world’s finest luxury SUV, says global brand director John Edwards.

Food issues will be dissected in the final of the University of Waikato Winter Lecture Series this week.

The forest and wood processing industries are pushing forward with a strategy to transform the sector.

At the beginning of the year, the outlook for the chilled season was fairly optimistic. Winter contracts were released in the late $8.00/kg which set the tone for the weaner sales.

Often described as the Holy Grail of wines, Pinot Noir is a variety that aficionados can never get enough of.

Removing rubbish from the vineyard floor after pruning is seen as an essential part of the botrytis prevention strategy. But what about the tendrils left on canes? Are they a botrytis risk?

In terms of the New Zealand wine industry, it appears a year is a very long time. Twelve months ago, the industry was lamenting the issue of over supply, bulk wine exports, and a lack of profitability.

THE IMAGE presented by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) and the Crafar Farms situation made New Zealand look like “Mickey Mouse turkeys” to German company BayWa, says Geoff Hipkins, the new chief executive of Turners & Growers (T&G).

THE US Department of Agriculture’s latest forecast for the national corn and soybean harvests reflects what farmers have been seeing for the past two months: vanishing prospects for a good year as their crops wilt from lack of water, a Purdue University specialist says.