The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investing in the development of an integrated pest management approach to safeguard New Zealand’s maize and sweetcorn industries against fall armyworm.

The primary sector has been told to continue the journey to sustainably reduce emissions despite a regulatory breather from the Coalition Government.

OPINION: Pastoral farmers stare at the media reports might be forgiven for wondering if they are heading the way of the dinosaurs.

Departing Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson had some good news for the country's kiwifruit growers just days before he left the company to take up a new role with the giant berry fruit grower Driscoll in the US.

Dairy industry good organisation DairyNZ gets its first woman board chair in October.

The winners of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy say farmers are doing better on sustainability than they give themselves credit for.

Inflated on-farm costs and low milk payout seems to have become the new norm for farmers, says Waikato Federated Farmers dairy chair Matthew Zonderop.

As the coalition Government mulls new regulations to reinstate the export of live animals, debate is heating up between supporters and opponents.

An independent panel has been named to advice the Government on what the country’s biogenic methane target should be to ensure no additional warming.

States of Emergency have been declared in Haumoana, Wairoa and Hastings after storms have once again battered the East Coast of the North Island.