HERE'S A rare beast: a money-back performance guarantee on a dairy

SMALLER PADDOCKS for better grazing management mean farmers must open and shut more gates, especially on dairy farms.

DairyNZ board member Barbara Kuriger has been announced as the winner of the first annual Dairy Woman of the Year award.

NEW ZEALAND’S agricultural technology transfer system is complex and fragmented, and the consequences could blemish our image overseas, a Government commissioned report warns.

INSURANCE CLAIMS arising from the hurricane-force winds that hit Taranaki a fortnight ago reached $5 million last week and were still rising.

WHILE THE Food Bill's progress through Parliament has been postponed, and some of the summer's furore was based on misinformation, concerns with the proposed legislation remain, says Green Party MP Steffan Browning.

FOUR OF six prestigious new awards recognising outstanding commitment to sustainable land management and local communities have gone to farmers.

Riverina dairy farmers Neville and Ruth Kydd received more than half their average annual rainfall of 400mm in just five days earlier this month.

By the time you read this Fonterra’s Milk for Schools initiative will have launched in Northland. Given the idea stemmed from concern about the perceived high price of milk in the shops, it’s ironic that the launch should come just after the cooperative has cut its payout forecast. Milk prices internationally are on the wane and our dollar is doing dairy, and sheep and beef returns come to that, no favours.

News that MAF will change its name at the end of April and be known as the Ministry for Primary Industries reminds me of the talented but weird singer and musician, Prince.