With 62,000 New Zealanders living and working rurally, their communities are the backbone of the economy, but they are poorly supported healthwise.

New Waikato Federated Farmers president Andrew McGiven is pushing for a united front to tackle water issues confronting the region.

Kiwifruit industry leader Peter Ombler has received horticulture’s premier award, the Bledisloe Cup.

Planning and preparation make for a good calving season, says DairyNZ.

Together with mastitis and infertility, lameness is one of the big three problems on many farms, says vet Neil Chesterton.

Environment Canterbury's proposed Plan Change 5 (PC5) is unworkable, says Federated Farmers Mid-Canterbury chairman Michael Salvesen.

The introduction of the Kverneland KultiStrip System by distributor Power Farming will “bring opportunities to farm environmentally and improve yields and profitability,” the company says.

Aerial soil testing technology and GPS-controlled automated variable-rate spreading are on trial on a well-known hill country station in the North Island.

Fonterra winning the Supreme Award at the 2017 ExportNZ Awards for Auckland and Waikato is recognition that the co-op’s product innovation is meeting customer expectations, says chairman John Wilson.

Dairy farmers wanting new consents from Horizons Regional Council (HRC) look set to struggle to meet the new criteria for these.