Troubled Canterbury milk processor Synlait has posted a loss of $4.3 million for 2023 financial year, a major reversal from a $38m profit the previous year.

A mid-Canterbury dairy farm has been confirmed infected with Mycoplasma bovis this week after it was first identified by standard bulk tank milk background screening, according to the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

A custom-built, eight-row, linkage-mounted precision planter is enabling Hamish Golden, a South Catlins-based ag contractor, to direct-drill a range of forage crops without any loss in accuracy or yield potential.

Well known European brands Sulky, Sky and Prolog have been brought together under a single brand called Sky Agriculture, ditching their blue, green and red colour schemes for a new graphite grey and titanium white corporate look.