Steel yards and animal handling gear is a must in the 21st century farming, especially for sheep and beef, says an exhibitor looking forward to the inaugural East Coast Farming with Technology Expo at Wairoa in April.

Toby Gee, from national law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, poses questions he would ask, and the answers he would give, about business insurance and ways to save money and hassle.

A global approach to positioning beef and lamb as premium consumer products is a step closer, with Australian research attracting new international collaboration.

At just 24 years of age Corey Prouting is making a name as a Southdown stud sheep breeder. While his operation is relatively small he is following in the family tradition as a breeder of excellent terminal sires.

New Zealand is liable internationally for agricultural emissions, but the Government (taxpayers as a whole) pays for them, despite agriculture contributing nearly half the country's greenhouse gases.

In the second of our ‘in the hot seat’ interviews we talk with Matt Costello, Rabobank animal proteins analyst.

A Waikato farm that bought a prototype 'fibreglass' rotary milking platform in 2010 says the plant has performed to promise and is still "like new".

Fonterra is setting up hubs of entrepreneurial young people to develop new business models, says Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings.

New Zealand's agricultural exports are predicted to grow to $100 billion a year in the next 20 years and will be much more diversified than the current mix.

On-shelf dairy prices for consumers in China are too high so demand is not growing, says Fonterra's chief executive Theo Spierings.