Professor Jon Hickford, from Lincoln University’s faculty of agriculture and life sciences, gives his view on where the new government should focus in its primary sector policy.

It makes grim reading to see that agricultural deaths have numbered 124 over the last seven years – about four times higher than in construction or forestry.

One of the two new South Canterbury dairy farms placed under restrictions recently has tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis infection.

The dairy industry is mourning the loss of prominent leader Michael Spaans.

Gallagher has won the supreme award from New Zealand’s industrial design community -- a group beyond the farmgate.

Following the meteoric rise in the SUV market over the last decade, Korean manufacturer Hyundai has launched a small SUV.

A leading farmer in the Whangaui district, David Pearce, says the government in the 1980s did agriculture a huge disservice when it broke up the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

The red meat sector is celebrating a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling upholding the initial findings of a New Zealand-led dispute against Indonesia on a range of agricultural non-tariff barriers.

Fonterra will soon introduce ‘financial innovations’ to help young farmers join the co-op.

The new revamped TPP agreement preserves the essential elements of the original agreement – particularly improved access to Japan, Canada and other markets – says New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) executive director Stephen Jacobi.