A new year and a slight hangover from 2014. This year starts off with a legacy of grunt work by the primary industries and stakeholders; the results I hope will begin to be realised this year.

State farmer Landcorp is reviewing its full-year profit forecast in the face of a lower milk payout and dry weather.

Soil Scientists need to engage more with society and educate people about the importance of soil.

New Zealand exporters need to play with a straight bat to maintain trust and reputation in key markets, says Jacqueline Rowarth, professor of agribusiness, Massey University.

Losing family to cancer has prompted two Central Otago farmers to hold a fundraising ‘Shear for Life’ marathon on February 28 to March 1.

The drought in South Canterbury has prompted one non-irrigating farmer in the Opuha Water area to question the irrigation firm’s first-come, first-served water allocation.

The Global Dairy Trade will still have “to travel a lot of distance” to sustain Fonterra’s current farmgate milk price of $4.70/kgMS, Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson says.

Farmers in New Zealand are starting to ‘cotton on’ to the concept of farming within environmental limits.

Official declaration that the South Island’s drought is a medium-scale adverse event has been widely welcomed by farmers and their representatives.

Now that drought has been declared by the Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy, Inland Revenue says it will exercise discretion towards affected farmers.