There's scope for a small lift this season in Fonterra’s farmgate milk price after the GDT Event price index rose 3.1% last week, says BNZ senior economist Doug Steel.

New Zealand dairy farming has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 20% since 1990, measured as carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram of milk solids produced.

Fonterra Director and Edgecumbe farmer Donna Smit was at a Dairy Women’s Network meeting in Auckland on April 6 when she heard of the state of emergency back home.

The country's second-largest dairy processor is to build a new plant in Waikato.

Farmers are concerned about a three-year cap on temporary work visas announced by the Government this week.

Telehandlers have brought about a big change in materials handling on farms, with increased lift and reach capacities that traditional tractor/loader combinations couldn’t achieve.

Biocontrol measures that helped Australian farmers control a serious dryland weed for 20 years may at last benefit New Zealand.

The immediacy of social media ensured that many dairy farmers shared in real time the horror of watching yet another PR disaster unfold on TV One’s Sunday programme last week.

Your canine crusader often hears claims that South Island’s West Coast is a backwater and behind the times.

Zespri will keep spending aggressively on marketing this year, says Jiunn Shih, the new global general manager marketing.