Now local council elections have come to a close, with the last of the successful candidates announced late last week, Federated Farmers is urging councils up and down the country to focus on rates bills this term.

Farmer lobby Groundswell is organising a nationwide gathering on Thursday to protest the Government’s agriculture emissions pricing plan.

The Category Award Winners for the 2022 NZI Rural Women NZ Business Awards have been announced.

To mark Mental Health Awareness week, Taranaki dairy farmer Kane Brisco recently joined a recent DairyNZ podcast to share some timely advice on how farmers could take care of themselves.

LIC's new general manager operations and service Mark Julian wants to continue helping farmers breed better cows and boost productivity.

DairyNZ chair Jim van der Poel says, while the proposal has adopted many key recommendations from the He Waka Eke Noa Partnership, the Government has made significant changes that will be a focus for the sector during the six-week consultation.

Former National leader Todd Muller has taken over as acting spokesman for agriculture, biosecurity and food safety.

The Government's proposal to deal with agricultural emissions has stunned many rural communities who warn that it will decimate them and replace sheep and beef farms with pine trees.

Suburban Auckland might not seem the logical start line for a stellar career in grape growing.

The term terroir is widely used in the commercial wine world. It has traditionally been used to reflect a fusion of climate and land classification coupled to the opinions of ‘expert’ marketers and wine writers.