It's hard to say how long the present shipping delays will last, according to one of the largest shipping lines servicing the country.

Be compliant with regulations or your milk won't be picked up - that's Fonterra's message to its suppliers.

Cancelling the New Zealand Agricultural (Canterbury A&P) Show for the second consecutive year because of Covid is devastating to many people. Immediate past president and committee member Chris Herbert says it is the country's largest A&P show and a traditional highlight of the Canterbury calendar. Around 100,000 people normally attend the show.

Prices for NZ's main primary exports could rise to new heights in the coming year, but beneath that is a layer of not so good news.

Sulphites should be seen as a solution to wine sensitivity, rather than a source, says New Zealand Master of Wine Sophie Parker-Thomson.

Silver Fern Farms (SFF) says it welcomes the release of the discussion document on the shape of the Emissions Reduction Plan and looks forward to working with officials and Ministers to ensure the final plan supports the ambition and priorities of farmers, customers and communities.

DairyNZ says it broadly supports the approach outlined in the Government’s Emissions Reduction Plan discussion document, but will push hard for more R&D investment.

A flexible milking regime adopted this season on the Lincoln University Demonstration Dairy Farm (LUDF) is going "surprisingly well', says the farm administrator Jeremy Savage.

The team at Alleva Animal Health claim to have developed a world-first formula specifically designed for weaned calves.

A new product has been launched that is said to increase soil productivity, improve nitrogen efficiency and in the end, profit per hectare.