A planting day on a farm at Kokopu, Northland, this month saw the first of 20,000 plants put in the ground to help local efforts to improve water quality.

Dairy Women's Network (DWN) is putting the call out for the next inspiring industry leader.

The National Party says it will offer state-owned Landcorp farms to young farmers, helping them into farm ownership.

Expect short supply of vegetables in the coming months, says Horticulture New Zealand.

Ten years on, the RSE scheme in New Zealand has been touted as the most successful labour mobility programme in the world.

Fonterra director David MacLeod is retiring from the board after serving six years.

One sitting Fonterra director has not been endorsed by the co-op for the upcoming board elections.

Fonterra's online dairy sale platform is looking at a joint auction for European dairy products.

When Canterbury dairy farmer Alister Body became a DairyNZ director 12 years ago, he was motivated by his desire to be part of industry decisionmaking.

DairyNZ says a fall in the number of dairy conversions in Canterbury signals strongly that fears of a big rise in dairying there are unwarranted.