OPINION: Few people have any idea of the huge contribution Jock Allison made to agriculture and to science.

Goodbye and good riddance – that’s the reaction from Federated Farmers after the Government announced that it was disbanding industry group, He Waka Eke Noa.

Farmers groups are welcoming the Government’s decision to exempt agriculture from an Emissions Trade Scheme (ETS).

Two long-serving Dairy Women's Network (DWN) board trustees are stepping down.

Harvesters weighing fruit in situ, digital dashboards with real time data, live map scheduling, and a sonic bird scarer cruising on a robot.

There's a real need for people to push for, and on behalf of, New Zealand agriculture, says a farming leader recognised in the recent King's Birthday Honours List.

A 66% reduction in the dairy sector's biosecurity response levy will land well with farmers, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre.

At Fieldays this week, DairyNZ will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its online platform DairyBase.

The benchmark for world food commodity prices increased for the third consecutive month in May, as higher prices of cereals and dairy products outweighed decreases in quotations for sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports.

Farmers are getting more and more data but often struggle to decipher into strategies, says Watermetrics.