Carrfields has launched a new partnership with Waikato-based Piako Tractors, where the latter will become the exclusive retailer and service provider of the German Horsch brand throughout the upper North Island.

An elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into the "Hall of Fame", an honour exclusively reserved for animals that have delivered a significant contribution to the dairy industry.

People are starting to question the viability of sheep and beef farming as profitability in that sector falls to one of its all-time lows, according to Federated Farmers board member and Gisborne sheep and beef farm, Toby Williams.

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The mood in horticulture is cautiously optimistic, according to the chair of Horticulture NZ, Barry O'Neil.

The mood in the deer industry is very positive and on an upwards trajectory.

Coronet Peak, Queenstown, was the venue for the 2024 NZ Dairy Industry Awards.

South Waikato farm manager Ben Purua’s amazing transformation from gang life to milking cows was rewarded with the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer award last night.

New Zealand farmers are committed to making their businesses more resilient to climate change and are embracing innovation to help them do so.

For Otago farmers Michelle and Rogan Borrie, a newly constructed feed pad on one of their three farms has been a game changer.