Could using exotic dung beetles help address soil health and water quality issues in New Zealand? It’s an option with possibilities.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has done at least 15000 tests for Mycoplasma bovis.

Lower replacement rates and higher body weight/lower stocking rates are the two most effective of five available ways of cutting dairy greenhouse gas emissions, a scientist has told a workshop for rural professionals.

With a very wet winter resulting in cows being stood off paddocks and fed more supplements the demand for maize this season is pretty high.

The degree to which farmers are mitigating environmental impacts has become a hot election topic.

The confidence boost from winning the 2010 Dairy Trainee of the Year award is propelling a young sharemilker along a valuable career track, he says.

Auckland secondary schoolers will soon get a close look at farming without travelling far.

National’s foreign spokesman Gerry Brownlee last month addressed the Canterbury Employers Chambers of Commerce about the headwinds facing global trade, including geo-political issues.

Australia's key dairy region is facing a “supply chain revolution,” says Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey.

The dairy industry has endorsed an international agreement on global sustainable dairy development.

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