Waikato's Dahook Azzam regards her job at an Inghams Enterprises meat chicken breeder farm as an ideal opportunity to combine theoretical knowledge with practical experience.

Case IH started the trend towards rotor separation with the Axial Flow combine harvesters as far back as 1977.

Farmers are being encouraged to consider the risk of facial eczema (FE) in the coming months as weather conditions point to a 'bad' season with dry conditions looming.

Often people are lost for words when they ring about a dog for sale, so here is a checklist I have compiled to help you before you set foot in the ute to drive off on a wild goose chase.

All businesses benefit from fast reliable internet and rural broadband can help reduce the effects of isolation on East Coast farming operations.

Do not feed herbicide tolerant (HT) swedes to cows when the animals are in late pregnancy or early lactation.

The so-called mother of precision agriculture in New Zealand, Methven's Ros McKenzie, was instrumental in getting Spark to install 4G wireless broadband in rural Canterbury.

Internationally, trade in illegal pesticides has exploded.

A headline in National Business Review at the end of December urged readers to "embrace uncertainty for better business in 2016".

Milk production may be falling but Fonterra's exports are soaring.