THE NOW-DEFUNCT 'clean streams accord' is to be replaced by a new one called the 'sustainable dairying water accord', promoted by the Dairy Companies Association of NZ (DCANZ), DairyNZ, Federated Farmers and others.

It has been another big and busy year for the agribusiness sector. Since this is the last newspaper for the 2012, Rural News' editorial team has done a quick review of the year and come up with its high and lowlights...

It has been another big and busy year for the agribusiness sector. Since this is the last newspaper for the 2012, Rural News' editorial team has done a quick review of the year and come up with its high and lowlights...

HORIZONS ONE Plan is the biggest potential constraint to the development of agriculture in Manawatu, according to a wide-ranging economic report on the subject.

HORIZONS ONE Plan is the biggest potential constraint to the development of agriculture in Manawatu, according to a wide-ranging economic report on the subject.

OUTGOING FONTERRA chairman Henry van der Heyden will be using the next five months as a director to help execute the co-op's strategy refresh.

OUTGOING FONTERRA chairman Henry van der Heyden will be using the next five months as a director to help execute the co-op's strategy refresh.

The number of dairy cattle in New Zealand continues to surge, and is up by more than a million since 2007, Statistics New Zealand says. At 6.5 million, there are 1.2 million more dairy cattle in 2012 than in 2007.

There are just a few days left for people to enter the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards and stake their claim to the $140,000 in cash and prizes on offer.

For the three months ended November 2012 the median sales price per hectare for dairy farms was $37,166 (30 properties), compared to $36,766 (27 properties) for the three months ended November 2011, according to Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data.