Three agribusiness leaders have been elected to the board of rural insurer FMG.

Erin Atkinson has been named the Young Grower of the Year.

A new sheep milking business using a world-first combined milking/feeding platform will start operating by October.

Milk production in Wales has changed dramatically in the last 30 years: in 1984 the country had 6500 producers; now it has 1730 achieving the same production.

AgFirst dairy consultant Stacey Belton, Hamilton, has been named the Farmax Emerging Rural Professional of the Year. She beat four other contestants.

A Horizons Regional Council (HRC) report foreshadows a grim future for the economic viability of the primary sector in the region.

Farming today is different from even five years ago, says Ravensdown chief executive Greg Campbell.

The runners-up in the 2017 New Zealand Share Farmer of the Year Award say sooner is better for intending entrants.

New Zealand has been extremely good at farming intensification but that model now has to change, says Landcorp chief executive Steve Carden.

Dairy farmers are taking a strong interest in dung beetles as a potentially important tool for meeting environmental obligations, says Dr Shaun Forgie, of Dung Beetle Innovations.