The opportunity to spend more time on farm while providing a dedicated service for shareholders attracted new environmental manager Ben Howden to work for Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL).

A New Zealand animal welfare expert has described live export animals as "a disgraceful trade".

Meat co-operative Alliance Group has bagged four gold medals at the Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards, achieving top honours for every cut entered.

With farmers having a bumper maize silage season this year, how it is harvested and managed will be crucial to preserving its quality and unlocking its nutritional value.

Rabobank released its Agribusiness Monthly for March. Here's what the bank had to say about the dairy sector, farm input prices and the weather.

Every morning dairy farmer Sam Waugh sees the Auckland Sky Tower through his window. It's a great reminder of one of his key life goals - giving young people from towns and cities insights into farm life.

Fonterra will help farmers meet greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by supporting efficiency gains on-farm, says Farm Source sustainable dairy adviser for North and Central Canterbury, Sean Spence.

James, Debbie, Dave and Jan Stewart, the driving force behind Hiwinui’s Stewart Dairylands, have taken out the Regional Supreme Award at the Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

The Climate Change Commission wants the new Government to reduce NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) auction volumes as son as possible.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed the Government’s announcement it is suspending the requirement for councils to comply with the Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) provisions of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity for three years while it replaces the Resource Management Act (RMA).