As agriculture moves rapidly into the technological age, the advancement of Irishmade autonomous farm machinery is being enhanced by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software and Tipperary-based Abbey Machinery, who recently announced a new research partnership agreement.

As a fourth-generation farmer I spend a bit of time looking back and cherishing some of those aspects of foundation, and equally use that history to marvel at the changes we have seen over time.

Auckland "transplants" Donovan Croot and Sophie Cookson are living the dairy farming dream in Taranaki as 50/50 sharemilkers of a Holstein Friesian herd.

The recently released NIWA weather outlook for this summer makes interesting reading.

Even though it seems unobtainable for many young farmers in today’s dairy industry, there are still some who are set on owning their own farm.

Southland's Mataura Valley Milk has embarked on a major project to fully electrify its plant near Gore onto "100% renewable energy" by November next year.

EastPack, a post-harvest operator within the Kiwifruit industry, has been named Co-operative of the Year at the 2022 Co-operative Business NZ Awards.

Fonterra is eyeing an increase in lactose production.

With NIWA predicting a hot, dry summer, farmers are being encouraged to consider once-a-day (OAD) milking as a low-cost strategy to minimise the impact of dry conditions on next season, while looking after their cows and their team.

Farmer leader Richard McIntyre is the new chair of New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards Trustees.