A Wairarapa farm said to set the benchmark for performance in all facets of farming, has won the 2015 Greater Wellington Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).

After an encouraging rise, then fall, in dairy product prices in the first quarter of this year, milk producers and manufacturers are again looking for the upside as planning for next season is either well underway or done for most. 

BEC Feed Solutions NZ can already teach its Australian big brother a thing or two in the dairy supplements side of its operations, after only one year in business.

Auckland exporter Biopure Health is welcoming in the Chinese New Year by securing a hold in China’s tough new infant formula market.

Polaris is adding more grunt to its range of farm vehicles. 

Despite dying winter feed crops and increasingly crisp pasture, losses due to the central South Island drought could still be ring-fenced to this season, says a dairy farmer representative in the hard hit region.

In response to the low milk price, DairyNZ is pulling together research, data and lessons learned in similar seasons to help farmers prepare for the 2015-16 season.

Some 150,000 Magnum tractors have rolled off the production line since its introduction way back in 1987. 

Dairy companies in New Zealand are gearing up to play a greater role in both national and global issues.

New Zealand Winegrowers has launched a Mandarin-language website to support ongoing marketing activities in China.