OPINION: The Winter Solstice has passed, the nights are drawing out and National Fieldays has been and gone – hooray to all three.

National Party leader Simon Bridges says the biggest challenges farmers face are the environment and their right to farm.

Farmers more than any other New Zealanders will be negatively impacted by the effects of climate change, says Climate Change Minister James Shaw.

Beyond Massey University’s cheeseboard at Fieldays was the objective of promoting sheep milking.

Utilisation of available grass, a key to New Zealand’s dairying success, is known to result in lower costs of production.

Effluent handling specialist Hi Tech Enviro Solutions showed several new products at Fieldays, among them a shore-based stirrer and a portable skid unit for powering high output effluent pumps.

Dairy farmers at Fieldays went searching for information on Mycoplasma bovis.

Early detection of neonatal calf diarrhoea (NCD) is top of mind for the winner of the National Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship.

Britain's top diplomat in New Zealand strongly supports an NZ/EU free trade agreement.

Minister for Rural Communities and Agriculture Damien O’Connor last week at Fieldays launched his new Rural Proofing Policy – with great fanfare.