Following Federated Farmers Dairy Council last week, the federation's dairy executive and Fonterra board are to meet.

It came down to the wire in Greymouth at the Tasman Regional Final of The National Bank Young Farmer Contest on Saturday (February 18).

DairyNZ has welcomed Parliament's adoption of the National Animal Identification and Tracing Bill (NAIT) as a milestone in bringing animal traceability for the dairy industry to reality.

Swedes who recently visited an award-winning Waikato farm were impressed by our farming, says the New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust.

A High Court decision that will cause Government ministers to reconsider the sale of the former Crafar farms could improve investment certainty in the long run, says Federated Farmers.

HISTORICALLY, THE commodities New Zealand exports tend to come under pressure during periods of global duress and uncertainty. Based on this, you'd currently expect New Zealand's key commodity exports to be falling in price. Certainly, the past few months have seen commodity prices ease, but from extraordinary highs, and not as much as other markets.

WHAT LESSONS can New Zealand Inc take from the whole sorry saga of the Crafar Farms?

SIMON WALKER and his wife Louise are the fourth generation to farm Ross na Clonagh just out of Pahiatua in the Tararua District. The name of the property dates back to Simon's great grandfather who left Ireland aged 17 in the 1880s and soon acquired the property by ballot.

VETERINARIANS IN Taranaki are perplexed by an upsurge in the number of cows contracting disease salmonella in the past year. So far 16 cases have been reported in the region and this is the first time the disease has been this widespread in the Stratford area.

WAIKATO FARMER and contractor Gary Rogerson last year hired four Fendt tractors for a large civil engineering job and their performance reinforced his confidence in the brand, AGCO reports.