DAIRYNZ says it is “finalising the findings” from initial blood and tissue samples from cows affected by what appeared to be swede toxicity problems last winter in Southland.

Beware sowing wheat super early, but standard plant populations may need a rethink to push yields to new levels, leading UK agronomist Patrick Stephens told visitors at Crops 2014.

BRIX AND Pasture Energy Scale is a Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) and farmer project exploring the relationship between grass Brix and pasture metabolisable energy (ME). 

WITHOUT DOUBT last week was a bad one for Fonterra and its shareholders. The cooperative, New Zealand’s largest company, was savaged by an independent inquiry into the handling of its infamous WPC80 false botulism scare last year.

B+L CHAIRMAN James Parsons will be throwing his hat in the ring again for the northern North Island farmer director position which he holds now and for the chairmanship.

SHEEP AND BEEF farmers should ride the wave of the upward cycle in commodity trade by ensuring they reinvest and build more buffer into their businesses, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.

FOUNDATION FOR Arable Research chief executive Nick Pyke says over 600 people attended the organisation’s flagship biennial event Crops 2014 – more than any previous FAR industry event.

RURAL WOMEN will invest the $18 million proceeds from the sale of Access HomeHealth Ltd, says president Wendy McGowan.

THE COMMERCE Commission is negotiating with Westpac and ASB after having reached a $19 million settlement with ANZ over the marketing of interest rate swaps.

THE IMPACT of the massive drought two years ago is still affecting sheep numbers, with only a modest increase this season.