Independent meat company Affco’s chief executive Hamish Simpson has become the latest high profile departure from the industry.

An award winning Waikato sharemilker who copped a $16,875 fine for mistakes made in an environmental farm clean-up should never have been taken to court, says a Waikato Regional councillor.

Is history set to repeat itself in Silver Fern Farms’ director elections?

Farmers need to be aware of the possible limitations of international weather apps on their smartphones, says Phil Duncan of weatherwatch.co.nz.

The risk of farmers suffering depression and committing suicide is greater with the lower dairy payout this season, says Rural GP Network chair Dr Jo Scott-Jones.

Dairy farmers should beef up balance sheets to cope with global milk price volatility, says the head of herd improvement company CRV.

Prolonged dry weather is beginning to impact milk production in parts of Australia.

2015 has been declared the International Year of the Soil by the United Nations, but for New Zealand it is water that is the burning issue.  

Once again Forest & Bird is attacking conservation-minded landowners (Rural News, Dec 16,2014 p5). 

Many great farming stories brought to light by the Ballance Farm Environment Awards can now be watched on New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust’s website.