One of the most galling aspects of the tariffs whacked on our farm exports to the US is the fact that, now more than ever, US farmers are being propped up by government welfare – a direct result of Trump’s hardline on its trading partners.

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) says it is backing aspiring dairy farmers through a new initiative designed to make the first step to farm ownership or sharemilking easier.

OPINION: Biologicals are being promoted as a natural replacement for ‘chemicals’.

OPINION: For close to eight years now, I have found myself talking about methane quite a lot.

Farmer shareholders of meat processor Alliance have voted in favour of a proposed $270 million joint venture investment by Irish company, Dawn Meats.

The second event in the Silver Fern Farms ‘Pasture to Plate Roadshow’ landed in Feilding last week, headed by chair and King Country farmer, Anna Nelson, and chief executive Dan Boulton.

The former chair of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and farmer, Doug Leeder, says rural communities' biggest fear right now is the lack of long-term certainty over environmental regulations.

Alliance Group's Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef has been recognised on the world stage, securing top honours at the World Steak Challenge in the Netherlands.

OPINION: For much of its modern history, New Zealand wine has been defined by its boldness.

Sixty years after a wine book hijacked Ivan and Chris Donaldson’s medical careers, 50 years after they pioneered winegrowing in North Canterbury, and 40 years after they planted Pegasus Bay, the third of their four sons, Ed, talks of the privilege and passion of working in the family business.