FEDERATED FARMERS commends Environment Southland for listening to the concerns of hill and high country farmers, and delaying notification of the proposed Hill and High Country Development Plan Change.

ARABLE FARMERS are being encouraged to consider dairy effluent as an alternative source of plant nutrients, notably nitrogen.

INDEPENDENT PROCESSOR Tatua remains hopeful of global dairy prices bouncing back.

WINNING THE 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards gives Canterbury dairy farmers Mark and Devon Slee the opportunity to tell some 'good news' stories about their industry and New Zealand agriculture in general.

FARMERS MUST lift their game on environmental and labour issues over the next three years.

AFTER A fierce day of competition Mitchel Hoare and Alex Reekers have earned top scores in the preliminary round of the World Young Shepherds Challenge.

DAVID KIDD of the organisation's Northern region is the 2014 ANZ Young Farmer Contest Champion.

FEDERATED FARMERS new president Dr William Rolleston says the organisation is a "broad church' which must represent the views of all its members.

HORTICULTURE NEW Zealand is looking forward to a time when all regional councils will manage their waterways in the same way, thanks to the release of the new National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.

UK SHEEP farmers are expecting a good season for domestically produced lamb, according to their industry-good organisation Eblex.