Sophia Clark didn’t think she would end up a dairy farmer but a season milking Jersey cows showed her that a career in farming could deliver both a business and a lifestyle.

Running an organic dairy farm is a bit like living on an island where one has to be completely self-sufficient.

The motivation of dairy farmers to create herds that are more efficient converters of feed-to-profit is long-held, but a balanced approach to breeding is paramount for optimal on-farm success.

Federated Farmers dairy vice chairman Richard McIntyre says the associate director scheme run by DairyNZ is awesome and he would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

Auckland lawyer and new Fonterra director Cathy Quinn is looking forward to making a positive contribution around Fonterra’s board table.

Outgoing Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says he will keep a watchful but silent eye on Fonterra from the back paddocks.

Historically payroll software was written for commercial businesses where everything was relatively stock standard.

With a 12-year history of recruiting specialised operators from overseas to service the agricultural contracting industry, Hanzon Jobs typically brings in around 200 people to New Zealand each year from the UK and Ireland.

There's been a spike in recent weeks of people appearing before the courts on charges of mistreating farm animals. 

A crowd of more than 150 people turned out at a recent field day at Ngai Tukairangi Trust’s kiwifruit orchard at Matapihi on the outskirts of Tauranga.