Two finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition for the top Maori sheep and beef farm, Mangaroa and Maranga, are in typical East Coast hill country.

With the completion of the 11 regional competitions, the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have now picked the 33 qualifiers for 2015 final.

Rural News Group, publishers of Rural News, Dairy News and New Zealand Winegrower, has a new-look website featuring more regular news updates and encouraging greater online interaction with our readers.

The line up of speakers for this month's 'The Future of Heartland Forum' near Cheviot in North Canterbury is making the event a must for the primary sector.

Fieldays have confirmed fashion designer Robyn Brooks and renowned sculptor Adrian Worsley as judges for Ag Art Wear 2015.

The winners of the 2015 Southland-Otago Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year award say they strive to be the best.

Complex and rapidly changing patterns in global food consumption, manufacturing, and retailing are creating a completely new range of problems in food safety, says a senior Lincoln University lecturer.

The kiwifruit season is promising strong growth with volumes back to pre-Psa levels this season, Zespri's chief executive Lain Jager says.

Some 1080 opponents were indecently quick to distance themselves from the eco-terrorism scandal in which an anonymous coward threatened to contaminate infant formula in protest against the poison.

Waipara Hills has announced that it will be the national wine sponsor at the 2015 Food Show. The Waipara Hills wines will match dishes prepared by celebrity chefs in the Whirlpool Cooking Theatre across three New Zealand shows.