As a dairy farmer I'm looking for a reason at the moment to help me focus on the positive points of farming in Taranaki.

Resilient, innovative and hard-working growers Graham and Marian Hirst are Supreme winners of the 2016 East Coast Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Farmers will be able to observe first-hand the impressive impact of a biocontrol agent.

The Primary Industries Minister needs to stand up for farmers during tough times rather than rolling over for banks.

The three finalists for the 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award for Dairy were announced last week.

The New Zealand Dairy Awards is taking a leaf out of cricket's book to make the competition more interesting.

'What wine should we drink with dinner tonight – red, white, rosé or orange?'

The "once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a week with other like-minded farmers and world class presenters" was the impetus for farmer Blair Drysdale to apply for the Rabobank Farm Managers Program.

A member poll by Federated Farmers shows 11.1% of dairy farmers are now under pressure by banks over their mortgages. 

Subsidies handed to European farmers are partly responsible for the dip in global dairy prices, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard.