LARGE VOLUMES of unlabelled irradiated Australian tomatoes are hitting local shelves, says Tomatoes New Zealand.

TWO OF LIC bulls have taken out this year's sire of the season awards from Jersey and Holstein-Friesian breed societies.

CANTERBURY FARMERS Mark and Devon Slee have won the National Winner title in the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

RABOBANK is predicting global dairy price will recover in six months.

A RESOLVE to eradicate the pest Chilean Needle Grass (CNG) from Marlborough within the next 15 years has resulted in the formation of the community-driven Chilean Needle Grass Action Group (CNGAG).

THE 2014 New Zealand Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Charlie and Jody McCaig, have used the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards to establish a leading farm business as well as raise their profile.

AS EUROPE prepares for the removal of milk quota next April, a researcher says the “dairy expansion train has already left the station” in Ireland.

THERE ARE events and events, but the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Maori dairy farm takes the prize in New Zealand agribusiness.

SOME OF my recent assignments have been to help businesses define their values and culture so they can be more self-directing and, as a result, self-correcting. 

A NEW code of practice that outlines steps organisations must take to safeguard farmers’ data will boost the security of information, says its publisher DairyNZ.