Alex Furniss has only ploughed at one New Zealand final – Gore in 1966. 

Jim Brooker (83), of Darfield, recalls winning the first NZ Ploughing Championship at Oamaru in 1956 when he was 23 years old.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it is relaxing the fruit and vegetable movement controls for some households within Auckland’s fruit fly zone.

Overwhelming retail demand has prompted South Canterbury start-up flour miller Farmers Mill to open a café to showcase its Homebake range and other products.

In April two people died on farms in ‘workplace’ deaths – one was a boy aged 14. And in Waikato in April a toddler nearly drowned in dairy farm effluent. 

Timaru farmers Warren and Joy Darling are now the Guinness World Record (GWR) holders for the highest barley yield. 

Despite last week’s drop in this season’s expected milk payout by both Fonterra and Westland there are positive – albeit slow – signs about the future outlook for dairy prices.

The winners of the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are ahead of the game in driving profitability on farms during a forecast period of low milk payouts, say judges.

Federated Farmers and Rabobank’s 2015 employee remuneration report shows farm employee salaries are increasing, despite tough industry conditions.

An animal welfare offender has been disqualified from owning stock for 20 years and fined $7500 in Whangarei District Court.