Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has thrown the worker shortage issue back to farmers, saying the industry must try harder to attract and retain workers.

While the Takata Airbag recall issue is well known, possibly affecting 100 million vehicles globally, closer to home, unregistered vehicles or those ‘retired’ to a farm hack or paddock basher may still have unmodified air bag systems fitted.

Demand for agricultural machinery and equipment has kicked 2021 off to a fantastic start, following the momentum that built during spring and summer of 2020.

An emerging drench resistance issue has been identified on Beef + Lamb New Zealand's Future Farm Lanercost in North Canterbury and a holistic plan is being put in place to protect future livestock productivity.

The dry in some regions of New Zealand has resulted in sheep farmers wondering how they will get through the coming winter and the impacts this may have one the number and weight of lambs weaned. Massey University's Professor Paul Kenyon looks into the issue.

Dairy Milk supply volumes boosted almost 10% in March 2021 YOY.

It is out with the young and in with the old at the board of meat company Silver Fern Farms Co-operative (SFF).

Rural Women New Zealand recently appointed Gabrielle O'Brient as its new chief executive.

Lifting the tempo of trade talks with the United Kingdom is one thing, but it's the final deal that matters most to New Zealand's agricultural sector.

Hamish Craw's farm on the rugged north-east slopes of Banks Peninsula normally carries 3,500 stock units, but it is now down to fewer than 2,000 as the district’s worst drought in decades continues to bite.