Inland Revenue says it’s monitoring the drought and looking at the financial situation of farmers, with a view to seeing how they can best help them through the dry.

A new year and a slight hangover from 2014. This year starts off with a legacy of grunt work by the primary industries and stakeholders; the results I hope will begin to be realised this year.

State farmer Landcorp is reviewing its full-year profit forecast in the face of a lower milk payout and dry weather.

Soil Scientists need to engage more with society and educate people about the importance of soil.

New Zealand exporters need to play with a straight bat to maintain trust and reputation in key markets, says Jacqueline Rowarth, professor of agribusiness, Massey University.

Losing family to cancer has prompted two Central Otago farmers to hold a fundraising ‘Shear for Life’ marathon on February 28 to March 1.

The drought in South Canterbury has prompted one non-irrigating farmer in the Opuha Water area to question the irrigation firm’s first-come, first-served water allocation.

The Global Dairy Trade will still have “to travel a lot of distance” to sustain Fonterra’s current farmgate milk price of $4.70/kgMS, Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson says.

Farmers in New Zealand are starting to ‘cotton on’ to the concept of farming within environmental limits.

Official declaration that the South Island’s drought is a medium-scale adverse event has been widely welcomed by farmers and their representatives.