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Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection of humans and animals.

Emerging research highlights mice as a critical yet underestimated source of leptospirosis, emphasising the need for improved strategies to control the spread of the infectious disease.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and Massey University are joining forces to help raise awareness and funds to combat leptospirosis.

Massey University and Masterton-based farm finance platform Farm Focus are running a pilot programme where second-year students complete a series of farming financial budgeting and cashflow forecasting assignments, based on real-life data.

What do you want from your pasture? That's the question top Massey University scientists were asking farmers at the 'Science for Farmers' site at Fieldays recently.

More than 200 working dogs from Pamu farms around the country are the first to provide their DNA to Massey University for a project to protect the future of the New Zealand working dog breeds.

Massey University is returning to the National Fieldays next week with a new site, focusing on community-relevant collaborative research in the food and agriculture sectors.

Dairy cows managed in winter on pasture, with hay bales, spent more time ruminating and lying in postures suggesting greater comfort than those on kale crops, newly published research has found.

OPINION: Seeds of legume plants are being used to make dairy-free milk products by scientists at Massey University’s Palmerston North labs.

"I just scratch my head in wonderment when people say to farmers, 'just change what you farm'."