The 2018 dairy calving/mating season has a new, unsettling dynamic with the incursion of Mycoplasma bovis.

Negotiations towards a free trade agreement between New Zealand and the European Union have at last got underway.

Exports of organic products from New Zealand are now worth $335 million annually – 42% more than three years ago. 

The search is on for new suppliers for Synlait’s new factory at Pokeno, Waikato, opening to receive milk on June 1, 2019.

National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) compliance is increasing, but some farmers are continuing to break the rules.

JCB’s new Fastrac 8330 is now officially the world’s fastest production tractor, capable of a legal road speed of 70km/h. 

Farmers should not be having nightmares about Mycoplasma bovis, says a technical expert.

Copper deficiency is again stalking New Zealand’s cattle, brought on by traditional pastoral deficiency and shifts in farming practices over the past two decades.

Back in 1996, Rhyan Wardman arrived back in New Zealand to a job overseeing the building of Seresin Estate’s new winery. Twenty-two years later, he now owns that winery with good friend and fellow winemaker Ben Glover.

Three big challenges have many farmers looking at self-containing their farming operations and growing most of their feed on land they either own or control.