THE HUNT IS UNDERWAY for examples of innovation within New Zealand's irrigation sector as industry body IrrigationNZ gears up for its bi-ennial conference in Hawkes Bay.

VOTER APATHY could prove the biggest barrier to sector reform, the Meat Industry Excellence group is warning in the run-up to the meat cooperative board elections.

THE END of milk quotas in Europe from 2015 will add another dimension to the global milk supply, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

WAIKARETU SHEARING record-holding husband and wife Sam and Emily Welch are rewarding the loyalty of their workers by helping them also get their names into the books with a five-stand lamb shearing record near Auckland this month.

WESTLAND EXPECTS sales revenue of more than $750 million this season resulting in an operating surplus of $7.60-$8/kgMS before retentions.

SUSTAINABILITY MUST be built into everyday farming, not bolted on, was one of the key messages delivered to agribusiness and industry leaders by Canterbury farming ambassadors Roz and Craige Mackenzie.

THE END of milk quotas in Europe from 2015 will add another dimension to the global milk supply, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

NEVER MIND the limits, it's the paperwork that's the real threat in regional council moves to cut nutrient losses and meet central Government's National Policy Statement on Freshwater Quality, cropping farmers have been told.

WAITAKI MP JACQUI Dean is pleased with the efforts of farmers around Otago in fencing waterways, as Fonterra announces that 20,000kms of waterways across the country now exclude stock.

MICHAEL SPAANS has been elected as the new director on the Fonterra Board of Directors.