As we approach another year’s end we again highlight our annual review of 2019 in the primary sector as seen by Rural News’ editorial team.

The East Coast Farming Expo will return in February 2020 for a fifth round of innovation, interaction and excellence.

After a challenging year, dairy farmers will go into the festive season buoyed by high farm gate milk prices.

Farmers are counting the cost after a violent storm which cut transport links on both sides of the South Island and looks likely to disrupt West Coast milk collection for weeks.

The Government’s current freshwater proposals puts the viability of some meat processing plants in doubt, warns processors.

Now is the time to be proactive about managing facial eczema.

The new owner of Tip Top Ice Cream, Froneri is paying over $6 billion for Nestle’s US ice cream business.

Facial eczema in dairy cattle can cause significant production losses without visible symptoms, says a new group formed to raise awareness of the disease.

With travelling irrigators being the preferred choice for dealing with dairy farm effluent in New Zealand, the sight of effluent tankers or manure spreaders is a relatively rare one.

In a move to demonstrate the capability of its vehicles, Holden recently put the talk to one side and ‘walked the walk’.