FARMERS AND environmentalists alike are touting the benefits of planned aerial bovine tuberculosis (TB) control operations this winter in Waipunga near the Taupo to Napier highway.

THE GOVERNMENT will reallocate $24 million to a new project that encourages land owners in the Lake Rotorua catchment to switch to low nitrogen land uses or find other ways to reduce the amount of nitrogen polluting the lake water, Environment Minister Amy Adams says.

SYNLAIT SAYS it expects Synlait Milk to receive registration by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA) as an exporter of finished infant formula into China.

DAIRYNZ CHIEF executive Tim Mackle is urging farmers to vote when they receive voting papers in the mail this month.

RURAL TOWNS COULD be left with little left standing if they have to comply with proposed building earthquake-risk rules, the Waikato Mayoral Forum warns.

RECENT RAIN IN Waikato and South Auckland has set farmers on the road to recovery from the drought but the situation remains fragile for some, a meeting of farming leaders and central and local Government officials has heard.

STATE-OWNED FARMER Landcorp is seeking to make subtle but significant changes to its strategic direction.

FARMER CO-OP Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) is revamping its executive team and aiming to raise revenue 500% by 2025.

RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand (RCNZ) will be updating its members on the latest changes in health and safety, transport and employment laws in roadshows around the country in May.

NORTH ISLAND dairy farmers are urged to look out for Theileriosis in cattle.