AN AWARD-WINNING electronic sensor system will make dairy plant washing much less risky say its inventors.

SOUTH CANTERBURY farmer Norm Styles prefers to employ horsepower to manpower, an approach which saw him buy one of the biggest seed drills in the country earlier this year.

GALLAGHER SAYS its new TSi 2 Livestock Manager is faster and smarter than its ground-breaking SmartTsi launched in 2008.

LONG-SERVING FONTERRA director, Jim van der Poel, will retire from the cooperative's board in November, after 12 years of service.

THE SALE OF the Elders New Zealand (Elders) business to South Island based Carr Group has been completed following the sale announcement on June 20.

MANAGED BEE hives and honey production in New Zealand is increasing and there is little or no evidence that pesticides are affecting bee health, according to a parliamentary committee report.

FONTERRA'S FORECAST for 2014/15 has fallen lower than expected, says Federated Farmers at $6/kgMS.

BEEF + LAMB HAS approved $219,000 in funding for the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) group's business plan to support red meat sector initiatives.

THE GREAT New Zealand Trail Ride Trust needs help!

FONTERRA AND the Department of Conservation (DOC) are a year into their 10 year partnership to improve the Waituna catchment and marked the moment with a Community Open Day today (July 25).