It takes courage and commitment to deliberately choose a role requiring full-time focus on problem solving and conflict resolution.

Two organisations already working together to help grow the apple industry are taking their relationship to a new level in establishing a formal Science, Technology and Business Cooperation Agreement.

In this digital age people want to interact on all manner of digital devices on a myriad of social media platforms all the time.

Dairy Women's Network (DWN) needs to keep working closely with partners such as DairyNZ, Agri Womens Development Trust, beef farmers and AgITO, says its retiring trustee, Hilary Webber.

Allan and Leeann Woodrow say winning is not the reason to enter farm environment competitions.

West Otago farmer Allan Richardson will contest the South Island director for the Farmlands cooperative.

Fifty years is a long time to work in one industry, and long enough to witness lots of change.

The downturn in the dairy industry is likely to bring positive changes in the way farms are managed, says ANZ’s managing director for commercial and agri, Graham Turley.

A group of Silver Fern Farms shareholders are urging the board to set a date for the special general meeting so farmers can have their say, before the organisation slides towards foreign capital investment.

Scientists are noting a geographic spread of facial eczema (FE) and urging ram breeders to start introducing tolerance into their flocks, sooner rather than later.