The Veterinary Council of New Zealand (VCNZ), which regulates veterinarians and sets standards to support responsible antimicrobial use among veterinarians, is in the throes of developing a new strategy to minimize the risk of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in New Zealand animals.

Alliance Group’s Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef has been crowned the best grass-fed steak and the best ribeye in the world.

Dairy

A top priority for the incoming National-led coalition government is to sort out the ways regulations are formulated by various government agencies.

The incoming government needs to take a pragmatic and practical approach to dealing with a raft of issues affecting sheep and beef farmers.

A Rotorua dairy farm has been convicted and fined $40,000 for an illegal dairy effluent discharge from a travelling irrigator.

All farmers will be worse off if planned reductions in Federated Farmers' policy team proceed.

Rural retailer and supplier Farmlands is being accused of going off the rails and shareholders are being urged to take back control of the co-operative.

Silver Fern Farms is facing "a huge amount of headwinds".

North Otago farmer Jane Smith is questioning the modus operandi of AgriZeroNZ - the industry and government partnership working to find a solution to reducing farm methane emissions.