With the annual value of the New Zealand agricultural machinery industry put at a conservative $1.3 billion, and agriculture in general being the key driver of NZ’s GDP, you’d think it would be easy to recruit youngsters into the industry.

South Auckland farmer Hamish Noakes had no crystal ball four years ago when he pulled out of cow dairying and started milking goats.

Comedy and musical group ‘Sons of a Bitch’ and singer Mel Parsons are preparing for their North Island Woolsheds Tour starting October 19.

Getting crops into the ground relies on a drill that is accurate, fast and, in these high-tech days, easy to use.

AgResearch has been awarded $4.25m in funding to develop sensors which will accurately measure the quality of export beef, lamb and venison in order to enhance consumer confidence in New Zealand’s meat.

Fonterra has increased its after tax profit by 65% to $834 million for the year ended July 31, 2016.

Most dairy farmers are good at growing and harvesting pasture.

Landcorp is ramping up its use of technology in its strategy to improve overall performance. It's even issuing smartphones to all its staff to maximise the collection of data.

The events of the past few months have shown up a gaping hole in the information reaching Australian dairy farmers.

Good stockmanship matters and needs much more credit, says Dr Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University.