Kiwi farmers need to be cautious when purchasing farm machinery directly from overseas vendors, warns the Tractor and Machinery Association of New Zealand (TAMA).

A Hawke's Bay Syrah has won the top prize at the 2015 Air New Zealand Wine Awards, presented on Saturday night at Nelson's Saxton Stadium.

Fonterra leaders and proponents of a smaller board could be on a collision course over the proposed governance review process.

Horticulture New Zealand says the Government cannot "cherry-pick" its way through the recommendations of the Land and Water Forum.

Fonterra Australia and Bellamy's Australia Limited are entering a five year, multi-million dollar strategic agreement to manufacture a range of new baby nutritional powders.

Imagine you are new on a property and your dairy inspector has tested your farm dairy water and placed you on temporary water exclusion, or perhaps you have been on water exclusion for years.

Far North Queensland dairy farmer Dennis Byrnes expects a new effluent irrigation system to pay off in a variety of ways.

Glockemann Pumps provide an easy way of moving water where there is no power, or where the need for monitoring stationary engines is a headache, because they use the water itself to do the job.

The efforts of farmers to improve the health of the Piako River in the Waikato region have been recognised.

With the agricultural sector facing many challenges, the relevance of the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) could not be greater, says organiser Simon Saunders.