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. 

Conditions look promising for the start of calving in the Lower North Island.

Whilst New Zealand’s rural and lifestyle communities seem to have a better awareness of the “physical” safety issues of farm equipment, PTO shafts and ATVs, in many cases other, “more invisible” safety issues can be overlooked.

New Claas Disco Move 3600 and 3200 mowers, with mowing widths of 3.4 and 3m respectively, are designed for 1m of vertical travel and 30 degrees lateral movement, allowing efficiency and safety in rough paddocks.

A new Framework for Action on Animal Welfare released last month sets out a better approach, says Associate Agriculture Minister Meka Whaitiri.

The four million people who annually visit the idyllic Cornwall Park Farm in central Auckland are now seeing some of the best-farmed livestock in New Zealand.

At up to $250 retail for a well-shaped 80-90g black perigord truffle, growing the gourmet delicacy has its obvious rewards.

A three-year research project to try to discover whether grass-fed Wagyu beef has significant health benefits is in its final stages.

The current political climate has increased the emphasis in the media on how New Zealand will meet its international climate change commitments.