A mere 2% of New Zealanders see biosecurity as relevant to them, says the head of the new biosecurity unit in the Ministry of Primary Industries. 

Given the worldwide public focus on sustainability, now is the time for New Zealand’s primary industries to dialogue about the issue in a non-offensive way.

A fortnightly online wool auction modelled on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) will go live for the first trading event on May 22.

Matamata farmers Edward (Wynn) and Tracy Brown are the inaugural winners of the Fonterra Farm Source Responsible Dairying Award.

Northland farmers Daniel and Gina Duncan are the 2018 Share Farmers of the Year. 

Heartland Bank is teaming up with NZ Young Farmers in a bid to support young people at the forefront of the rural industry. 

Worldwide, more people drink goat milk than any other.

Donaghys Crop Packaging has joined the Plasback product stewardship scheme that collects waste plastic from farms for recycling.

The gumboots have been put away and the shoes have been shined in anticipation of the dairy industry’s most prestigious awards event, happening this Saturday in Invercargill.

WorkSafe is warning employers that fatigue from long hours of work must not compromise worker safety.