ONE OF the world's leading salmon egg producers is working with AgResearch to develop genomic selection in Atlantic salmon.

FONTERRA PLANS a $32 million expansion of its slice-on-slice cheese capacity at its Collingwood St site in Eltham, Taranaki.

THE SECOND national conference on biological farming systems has been gaining popularity with farmers, researchers and biological companies.

DAIRY IS perfectly poised to become the most trusted source of protein for diets for all age groups and all markets, says Fonterra director John Monaghan.

THE DAIRY Women’s Network is calling for nominations for its annual Dairy Community Leadership Award.

ONLY ONE tick affects livestock in New Zealand and this is the New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. This tick originates from eastern Asia and was introduced into New Zealand at least a century ago, most probably on imported cattle.

AT THE Agritechnica trade fair last year, New Holland unveiled Dynamic Feed Roll technology as an option for the powerful twin-rotor combine harvesters, the CR8000 and CR9000.

THEY'RE CREEPY, they're crawly, and they're on display in the Environment Southland marquee at Southern Field Days.

A NEW 'hands on' initiative, which brings the classroom into the orchard, is helping combat the labour shortage in the horticulture industry.

INVESTIGATIONS INTO how a single fruit fly arrived in Whangarei must continue after the local port ruled out being the source, Labour's Primary Industries spokesman Damien O'Connor says.