Farms sales were up by 23% in the three months to the end of July 2013, compared to the same three months last year.

"I'm not a high-tech farmer. I just concentrate on getting the basics right."

Unusually good pasture growth has given some dairy farmers an unexpected challenge – too much long grass for this time of year.

TBfree New Zealand has joined forces with Northland Regional Council to warn people about the disease risk of illegally introducing wild pigs and deer into the region.

SCIENCE IS being excluded from the debate over land farming in Taranaki.

Dairy farmers need not fear phosphine, says a biosecurity treatment expert.

Fonterra chairman John Wilson has announced an independent review of the cooperative's performance at the time of, and following, the manufacture of the affected whey protein concentrate.

AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are backing a Government initiative to prevent potentially dangerous chemicals falling into the hands of terrorists.

THE BETTER payout and lift in farmer confidence is likely also to mean a better season for contractors, says the newly elected president of the Rural Contractors Association, Steve Levet. 

THE NEW dairy industry accord designed to clean up waterways has been hailed by industry, councils and farmers, but it has drawn only lukewarm support from environmental groups.