Switching to organic farming is paying off for a Waikato farmer.

Cathy Oakley had to be cajoled into entering her Just Ewe Farmhouse sheep milk cheese in the New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards, but it paid off.

The outlook for the coming dairy season is positive with prices stable and lifting slightly, several economists say.

Fonterra stands to benefit from a potential exodus of farmer suppliers from Australia’s largest dairy processor.

Restrictions on advertising of antibiotics will not necessarily lead to a reduction in usage, claim academics.

‘The right to food’ was the focus of a special report to the United Nations general assembly at the beginning of the year.

$30 MILLION will be invested in building 10 kiwifruit orchards on Maori land in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne over the next 18 months, says entrepreneur Te Tumu Pairoa, in partnership with Quayside Holdings.

About 20 years ago, when Ashburton arable farmers Eric and Maxine Watson told their son Philip of a particularly good wheat harvest, he congratulated them with a bottle of champagne – in the form of a fridge magnet.

Fine weather brought out the crowds to this year’s national ploughing championships at Kirwee, Canterbury, last month.

Farmers in Environment Canterbury’s Selwyn-Te Waihora zone are being urged to get a move on with their farming consents.