Civil engineer Rex Corlett has won a prestigious engineering award for his work on effluent pond design and construction, reports IPENZ–Engineers New Zealand.

South Taranaki farmers Peter and Nicola Carver’s eye for long-term sustainability has won them top placing in the Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards contest – and five other awards.

Some Fonterra milk tankers will soon be showing off a new livery.

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.