The dairy industry is launching a new quality workplace accord in May.

A Southland farmer’s liking for Valtra tractors coincided with his beginnings in dairy support, reports supplier Agco.

Farmers are being warned to assess the risks to their herds from the tick-borne disease Theileria if they are moving stock this autumn and winter.

Award-winning Tasmanian farmer Ken Lawrence opened his farm to his peers last month.

DairyNZ is advising drought-stricken farmers to dry off early rather than continue milking with bought-in feed.

First-time entrant Richard Ash has won the 2015 Manawatu Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title.

The Saint Peter’s School-Lincoln University demonstration dairy farm at Cambridge in the Waikato has secured two sponsors.

I never thought when I entered farming politics that there would be so much talk about the stuff that comes out of the back end of a cow.  The polite term is ‘effluent’ of course; not polite are its effects and the costs of managing it.

Getting effluent issues under control before the council pays you a visit was the big point of interest at the recent Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek.

Prime Minister John Key says India knows it needs a free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand, though an FTA is always “challenging” for the agricultural sector of any country we negotiate with.