Westland Milk Products is delighted that West Coast dairy farming stalwart Katie Milne has won the 2015 Dairy Woman of the Year Award.

The Dairy Woman of the Year 2015, Katie Milne, was feeling “pretty surreal” the morning after taking the title at the Dairy Women’s Network conference in Invercargill last week.

Kelvin and Heather McKay say it was a natural progression for them to take out the 2015 West Coast/Top of the South Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title.

Yoghurt made from buffalo milk and butter from a boutique producer have been named Champions in the 2015 New Zealand Champions of Cheese Awards.

Aronui Wines has just celebrated ten years since its first vine plantings at its Whenua Matua vineyard in Upper Moutere, Nelson. 

Three fine, clear days led to healthy enquiries and sales at the 2015 Northland Field Days on February 26 and 28, say the organisers and exhibitors.

Manitou Australia is launching its Gehl R series radial-lift skid loaders ‘down under’, and they are expected to be popular with farmers.

A new magnesium-rich feed blend will help beef farmers defeat hypomagnesaemia (magnesium deficiency) and milk fever (calcium deficiency), says the supplier, BEC Feed Solutions.

Summertime brings its own demands on hard-working King Country dogs that work the hills and valleys for their bosses, day in and day out.

Veterinarians working in agriculture have some major issues on product stewardship looming, says Mark Hosking, managing director of Franklin Vets.