The winner of the 2025 Hawke’s Bay/Wairarapa Dairy Industry Awards enjoys the variety of work farming offers and the ability to improve each season.

Shocked and humbled were Grahame Webber's overriding emotions when he learned he was to be recognised in the 2025 New Year Honours.

Northland Field Days organisers are giving a big shout out to exhibitors who have signed up for the three-day event later this month.

Whole milk powder prices on Global Dairy Trade (GDT) remains above long run averages and a $10/kgMS milk price for the season remains on the card, says ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown.

Marise James describes her 38-year career as a rural and farmer advisor as one that has ridden the waves of many changes.

Organisers of the Christchurch A&P show say they are happy with this year’s event despite a rushed turnaround that left agricultural industry support thin on the ground.

Changing skill demands and new job opportunities in the primary sector have prompted Massey University to create a new degree course and add a significant major into another in 2025.

A couple closing in on their ultimate farming dream is taking the first steps of another farming ambition – to own a line of registered pedigree Holstein Friesians.

Don’t expect farmers to spend money on riparian planting and fencing if their businesses are running in deficit, says Waikato Federated Farmers president Keith Holmes.

The De Leeuw family has been running their dairy farm in Kaitake, Taranaki, for over 20 years.