The Australian dairy industry is exploring long-term strategic partnerships with the world’s biggest producer of milk – India.

Rural communications continues to lift to new levels in a world where connection and safety are key.

LIC has formed a distribution partnership with Israeli-based Afimilk to market its hi-tech cow collars in New Zealand.

Farms first have to be profitable if they are to meet environmental and other targets, say the Regional Supreme Winners of the 2020 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards, Tony Coltman and Dana Carver.

The chairman of the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) Malcolm Bailey says the industry appears to be in a strong position given what is happening in the world at present.

Kiwifruit Vine Health (KVH) chief executive Stu Hutchings has announced he will leave the organisation in April to take up the role of chief biosecurity officer at Biosecurity New Zealand.

Alliance Group is to become an official partner of Ronald McDonald House South Island.

While many sectors of the agricultural machinery were hit by the ravages of Covid-19, the effects of the pandemic did not prevent the privately-owned Claas Group from enjoying a 3.7% increase in sales during 2020.

Warm wet weather in many areas of the country creates the perfect conditions for the production-limiting diseases flystrike and facial eczema (FE).

OPINION: The year ahead for New Zealand’s primary sector is full of promise and opportunity.