If someone had told Matt O'Kane 15 years ago that his irrigator would one day ring to say it had finished its run he would have "walked off laughing".

As the hot sun beats down on a sharp rocky Canterbury hillside, three sheep tentatively step forward out of the safety of the yards.

The Ministry of Primary Industries has begun an advertising campaign encouraging people to let it know if they come across the mis-treatment of livestock.

The JCB Fastrac is a little like Vegemite — you either love it or hate it — but it has now been around for 25 years.

The agri sector is concerned about falling commodity prices, but new technology is providing hope.

Fonterra and its global peers believe future prices will show that the dairy market is not as imbalanced as the current prices indicate, John Wilson says.

Warwick and Judy Brown have a history of working with Massey Ferguson that dates back many years.

Farmers are being warned that low interest rates are going to be a thing of the past.

Westgold Unsalted Butter won Food for Chefs Champion Butter at the prestigious New Zealand Champions of Cheese awards on Tuesday.

Not long ago the humble quad was the main means of getting around the farm.