Knee-jerk spending cuts that compromise long-term productivity are a real risk in the face of the $4.50/kgMS payout forecast and probable low opening 2015-16 figure, leading farmers are warning.

Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.

Nominations are open for the 2015 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year competition, and organisers are hoping for another record year.

National's 2015 Budget has allocated extra funding to strengthen animal welfare systems and biosecurity. A $10 million package over four years will bolster New Zealand's animal welfare systems, according to Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

ANZ has taken out CANSTAR's Best Agribusiness Bank award for 2015 – the fourth consecutive year it has won the award.

Farming innovation of the technology kind will be at the gates of East Coast farmers next April.

Since being awarded the Case IH franchise in 2009, Giltrap Agri-Zone has won an increasing share of the tractor market in the Waikato region. 

There are many ways to acquire the new machinery you need to have working your land and herds. 

As we approach National Fieldays, the foggy season has arrived in Waikato, but it’s not all gloom and doom.

Prices have been up at weaner fairs around the country, reflecting the buoyancy of the beef market and the need for many hill country farmers to reduce stock numbers ahead of winter, comments PGG Wrightson.