Wairarapa's premier sustainable farming seminar is kicking off for the sixth year running, with its first international speaker.

The Murray family-owned distributor FarmChief says that as tractors get more powerful there is also an opportunity to update the machinery being used.

Farm biosecurity raises questions about rural professionals visiting farms then needing to clean their footwear.

Financially-savvy students are applying for a raft of agri-food scholarships to help cut the cost of university study.

Dairy farmers' equity in their farms looks to be staying flat or even declining slightly on average over the next ten years.

The dairy outlook is more rosy and positive than New Zealand producers may have been feeling about it, says US Rabobank global dairy strategist Mary Ledman.

The farmgate milk price could possibly rise beyond $7/kgMS in the 2019-20 season.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell is asking shareholders for time to turn the business around.

A closer watch will be kept on the NAIT accounts of farmers and NAIT users who choose not to record or confirm livestock movements, warns OSPRI.

Two farms from the North Island east coast and one from Central Hawkes Bay are the finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua competition for the top Māori sheep and beef farm.