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.

Five recent graduates of Smedley Station (5000ha) at Tikokino, near Hastings, have won scholarships totalling $26,300 are this year starting diploma studies at Lincoln University.

'Young' Adrian Paul, the winner of the 2014 Poultry Trainee of the Year Award, is in fact an industry veteran.

Blood and autopsy samples from cows that were sick or died after grazing swedes in Southland last winter have confirmed liver damage but the role, or not, of the HT strain of the crop in the epidemic is still unclear.