The fourth generation of the Valtra T Series offers models with 155-250hp and up to 1000Nm torque, a large amount of power to take on demanding tasks.

Dairymen in California see themselves as the “star model for dairying” but they are far from creaming it.

Here's another threat to the NZ dairy industry. US food giant Hormel is reporting a 32% lift in sales largely due to Muscle Milk. The product contains no milk, but that doesn’t seem to hold back its sales.

The need for farmers to have a sound strategy to avoid flip-flopping from year to year is now more important than ever. 

Knee-jerk spending cuts that compromise long-term productivity are a real risk in the face of the $4.50/kgMS payout forecast and probable low opening 2015-16 figure, leading farmers are warning.

Farmers should expect “something around $5.00/kgMS” when Fonterra this week announces its opening forecast for the new season.

Nominations are open for the 2015 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year competition, and organisers are hoping for another record year.

National's 2015 Budget has allocated extra funding to strengthen animal welfare systems and biosecurity. A $10 million package over four years will bolster New Zealand's animal welfare systems, according to Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.

ANZ has taken out CANSTAR's Best Agribusiness Bank award for 2015 – the fourth consecutive year it has won the award.

Farming innovation of the technology kind will be at the gates of East Coast farmers next April.