The inspiring way in which Australia promotes wool used in its fashion and interiors sectors prompted Auckland fashion editor and stylist Anna Caselberg to initiate a fashion wool week this year – ‘Choose Wool 2015’.

European legislation threatens to slash the trading bloc’s grain output, so boosting prices globally, growers at the UK’s Cereals event were told last month.

Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Australia Day lamb advertisement has won TV Ad of the Year.

We live in a remarkable country, one that’s rich in natural beauty and wealthy in natural resources. New Zealand has plentiful, fresh water; clean air; fertile soil and a climate well-suited to growing things.

Subdivision and longer round length has transformed George and Peggy Morrison’s Northland drystock farm into a highly profitable operation. The farm was the subject of a recent Beef + Lamb NZ field day.

Oamaru vet Dave Robinson has been recognised for his huge contribution to the sheep and beef sector, receiving the inaugural award Vet of the Year – Sheep and Beef Cattle Veterinarian.

It's no surprise to see JCB bring new products to the market, but the recent release of the 1CX-T combines their know-how of back-hoe loaders with the go-anywhere ability of rubber tracks.

There's no doubt South Korea knows a thing or two about producing great products at extremely competitive prices and the Samsung, Kia and Hyundai are recognised in most households.

Well it's all over for another year. The tents and flagpoles have been taken down, the bark and mulch have been swept up and flogged off to the local garden centres: that was Fieldays 2015.

Toplink Machinery has added the Samasz range of grassland machinery to its stable at Te Awamutu.