Hamilton dairy biotech company Quantec has won the top award at the annual Natural Health Products NZ awards for the second year running.

A clever offering from drone supplier DJI Ferntech will interest livestock farmers.

Regulators are being urged to work with and not against farmers.

It’s high in price, small in production and set to grow following high quality grapes from the 2018 vintage.

The past six years has seen increased growth in the New Zealand viticultural sector, according to MyFarm Investments, but future long-term growth will depend on other varietals outside Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

New survey research, released today, shows farmers are focused on sustainability and the impacts of climate change more than ever.

Slowing economic activity in China isn’t affecting that nation’s appetite for dairy products.

Westland District mayor Bruce Smith isn’t buying suggestions that productive farmland at Franz Josef should be abandoned to the flood-prone Waiho River.

Fonterra is signalling a tougher stance on farmers who persistently fail to meet minimum standards of sustainability.

The reform of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (DIRA) need not be radical but there will be some changes, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has indicated.