Moves are well underway to establish a new Kiwifruit Breeding Centre (KBC) - a joint venture between Plant and Food Research (PFR) and Zespri - designed to speed up the process of developing new and improved kiwifruit varieties.

Finding and training skilled workers is a growing problem in many parts of the NZ economy and the sheep and beef farming sector is no exception.

DairyNZ is encouraging Canterbury farmers to look out for each other and access support agencies for assistance amid flooding in the region.

Three months of filming for romantic comedy Under the Vines, set in the Central Otago's wine region, wrapped up in April.

Listed Canterbury milk processor Synlait is heading towards its first financial loss ever, but is telling its farmer suppliers not to worry.

Even the weeds won't grow.

New Zealand's strong wool sector is in the doldrums, with record low prices and little hope on the horizon.

A highlight of this year’s Dairy Industry Awards was the high number of migrant workers vying for the national titles.

A Hamilton woman has been disqualified from owning horses for a year, sentenced to 100 hours community work, and ordered to pay vet fees of $498 after her horse starved to death.

A million native plants have been distributed to Taranaki farmers by Taranaki Regional Council.