Humans cannot dictate the terroir for wines, no matter how much we would like to.

The Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) is to launch a series of computer courses to help farmers put technology to work.

Showcasing clear pathways to encourage young people into primary industry careers will be the focus of New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) at National Agricultural Fieldays.

This Fieldays will see the arrival of a much awaited tractor from Case IH -- the new Puma 4B series.

Complying with the new workplace health and safety requirements is not rocket science and "there is nothing you need to be afraid of", a recent workshop heard.

"Oh, you'd be warm," grinned one not-so-young visitor to the recent Golden Fleece Exhibition at Oxford, as he viewed a display of a couple of woollen funeral caskets.

The massive change taking place in the dairy industry has the potential to prevent ambitious young people making a career in the sector.

DairyNZ's Maori development manager Tony Finch says the industry needs to help cause a paradigm shift.

Farmers and contractors are still ready to spend on technology if it will save them money, says the New Zealand Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA).

Fonterra says proposed changes to dairy industry regulations don't go far enough.