OPINION: By the time your postie gets this to your mailbox, 2021 will be well and truly confined to the annals of history.

Coast to Coast is New Zealand's toughest multisport event. Competitors run, bike and kayak the 243km from Kumara on the West Coast to Sumner in the east.

Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison concedes that the two alternative options to the ETS that the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) partnership has developed are not perfect.

Colin Harvey (ONZM), one of the NZ agri-sector’s foremost innovators and contributors, died in a drowning accident in late January.

The country's second largest milk processor has broken the $9/kgMS milk price barrier.

The country's major meat processors say they are well down the road in planning how to mitigate the Omicron variant's impact.

Rural ginger group Groundswell is mounting another campaign - this time against the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) proposals that farmers are being consulted on this month.

Dairy farmers are being urged not to compromise cow condition as they chase a record milk price this season.

Everything that can help farmers work smarter and faster is show at the East Coast Farming Expo.

Waikato contractor Phil Hawke has two balers sitting idle because there are no experienced drivers to operate them.