First quads, then UTVs and latterly side-by-sides: love them or hate them, it's generally accepted we can't live without them on modern farms.

Can-am off-road vehicles' reputation for performance and durability stems from its heritage of building snowmobiles for the Arctic Circle and the wildernesses of Canada.

The minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, spoke to the Chinese Minister of Agriculture in Beijing last week.

The Australian Dairy Industry Council is targeting a 2016 limit for routine calving induction of 15% of cows per herd.

A farmers' forum to be held next month will help farmers understand the current financial climate and what they can do to manage through it, says DairyNZ.

The recent International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration (ISBC) and all the associated events were a huge plus for the industry.

The first Onion Industry Postgraduate Scholarships have been awarded.

Wellsford farmer Greg McCracken was the successful candidate in the Fonterra Shareholders' Council by-election in Southern Northland.

Environmental initiatives began as just good farming practice for the first-ever supreme winners of the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).

A big challenge to the New Zealand sheep milking industry is that a lot of the known science is based on overseas indoor, or mixed indoor-outdoor systems.