With the 2015 Sheepmeat and Beef Levy Referendum now at the halfway point Beef + Lamb chair James Parson says he is pleased with the voter turnout so far.

We've all got one, whether it’s the old t-shirt from the seventies, the old shoes even after the puppy chewed them, or that favourite spade with the handle taped up.

The mowers will soon start rolling so it’s timely for CB Norwood Distributors to announce upgrades to its Kuhn disc mowers.

Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) chair John McCarthy has stepped down from the role to make way for new leadership of the grassroots farmer group.

The USA has overtaken Australia to become New Zealand wine’s largest export market by value says the New Zealand Winegrowers annual report.

Pottinger has introduced upgrades from the large trailed HIT tedder series to smaller 8-rotor models with working widths of up to 8.86m.

Many farms are running with lower than target average pasture covers (APC) this time of the year. The months of June and July were cooler than normal so pasture growth rates have not been where they would normally be.

Manawatu dairy farmers George and Ellen Bartlett entered the 2015 Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) because they wanted to support their industry and learn more about sustainability.

For the next couple of years, some dairy farming challenges will be a reality.  It will be a slog for some, financially and psychologically. 

The severity of the recent change in dairy fortunes has certainly been a left-field event. How such a dramatic change has emerged without warning and how businesses can best respond are key issues.