Mature grazing livestock are generally very well-adapted to maintain a comfortable body temperature regardless of the weather.

With 390 paddocks to monitor across 2,000 hectares of rolling flats on the western banks of the Taieri River, Angus and Tara Barr have plenty of stock to manage.

Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) has blown away the Covid-inspired trials of the past couple of years to report a 20% lift in operating earnings for the 2022 year.

Plunket says it is grateful for the recent round of funding it received from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

Rising sales of dairy consumable products helped Skellerup deliver a record net profit of $48 million last financial year.

The MetService is forecasting more heavy rain for an already sodden Nelson/Tasman region from late Friday.

RuralCo chair Jessie Chan has been appointed as an independent director to the NZPork board.

Despite the terribly wet weather, the Minister for Agriculture says farmers have done a good job managing winter grazing this year.

Major road slips in the upper South Island blocked access to 70 dairy farms, forcing farmers to dump milk.

The impact on rural residents after back-to-back severe weather events earlier this year has been detailed in a new report.