The 2017/18 season is drawing to a close, with the final plots of grapes ripening up and ready to head to the winery for fermentation. For most, this summer will be one that won’t be forgotten in a hurry.

A bespoke Giltrap high capacity trailer was essential for the remodel of Mullerwhero Farming's 265ha, 830 cow farm near Otorohanga.

The Hamilton dairy biotech company Quantec won the supreme award at the recent Natural Health Products NZ annual awards in Nelson.

As we stare down the barrel of a global consumer revolution we need to be brave to tell them what they want: not what they demand, but what we are going to supply them. 

Regional winners of the Dairy Industry Awards have been announced and the eleven regional winners will square off for the national titles in Invercargill next month.

DairyNZ has endorsed a raft of new animal welfare regulations on various procedures such as castration, docking and debudding, and stock transport.

Given the success of the previous model, the new Gaspardo Gigante Pressure no-till pneumatic seed drill should expand its presence in New Zealand farming.

A dairy apprenticeship scheme jointly developed by Federated Farmers and Primary ITO could have 100 apprentices nationwide by June.

The Cheese Barn, Hauraki Plains, could easily be mistaken for just another countryside café but that’s where you go to find New Zealand’s best cheese.

The Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ) says it would be “deeply concerning” if any legal breaches contributed to the arrival of Mycoplasma bovis in NZ.