Promising something for every visitor to its 600 exhibitor sites, South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) is just around the corner.

If you can remember tractors like the IH 444, 784 and 885 you’ve probably got a grey hair or two.

Most people who have farms dogs will have problems with them in some form or another; a dog will have either a bad habit or an irritating quirk.

Your old mate sees that Auckland water and wastewater provider Watercare is making a big song and dance about its donation of $200,000 – over four years – to help clean up the Waikato River.

Great, according to my dictionary, means; “much higher than average in amount, extent or intensity”, or “much higher than average in ability, quality or importance.”

Casey Blatch, group financial controller for Canterbury milk processor Synlait Milk is the Young Financial Manager of the Year.

Zespri chief executive Lain Jager has warned against getting carried away with the current good times in the kiwifruit sector.

When she arrived at Westland Milk Products (WMP), newly installed chief executive Toni Brendish was surprised at the level of ‘transformation’ required to get the dairy co-op back on its feet.

Massey University's new vice-chancellor, professor Jan Thomas, says her role is to create an environment where academics are able to adapt and almost predict the future.

Silver Fern Farms (SFF) is urging its non-shared farmer suppliers to become shareholders.