An automated RFID heat detection system developed in New Zealand has delivered the best-ever mating result for a Waikato farmer.

A major initiative launched in the Tararua district seeks to reduce nitrate leaching on 135 dairy farms which can’t get consent for their operations. The hope is to achieve this with a single forage – plantain.

Zespri chairman Peter McBride has been awarded horticulture’s premier award, the Bledisloe Cup.

The Government is backing moves to recognise and celebrate outstanding employers in the primary sector.

Farm biosecurity in New Zealand needs to take a quantum leap forward whether for velvetleaf or any other threat, says AgResearch senior scientist Trevor James.

Ravensdown has appointed Stephen Esposito, a professional engineer, as its new general manager operations.

Dairy farmers can potentially improve their environment and financial results via two research projects now underway, says Lincoln University's R&D company Lincoln Agritech.

Britain has taken its first formal step to negotiate a post-Brexit free trade agreement with New Zealand, Australia and the US. 

Making a good quality stack or clamp silage is a given for livestock farmers, but feeding out can be a lottery.

The 2018 grape harvest has jumped on the 2017 level, according to the ASB Bank.