After the volatility of recent years, stockfood prices and availability have now stabilised, according to J Swap Stockfoods general manager Morgan Swap.

Goodbye and good riddance – that’s the reaction from Federated Farmers after the Government announced that it was disbanding industry group, He Waka Eke Noa.

Farmers groups are welcoming the Government’s decision to exempt agriculture from an Emissions Trade Scheme (ETS).

The Government is pushing ahead with its election commitment to take agriculture out of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Two long-serving Dairy Women's Network (DWN) board trustees are stepping down.

Rebecca Hickson says no one breed of bull is better than the other – it’s the traits and the genetics that counts. She says there are good and poor performing bulls in every breed, so understanding the traits of any bull should be the focus.

A major player in this project is LIC with Beef Genetic Product Lead, Paul Charteris pointing out his organisation have the majority market share in terms of inseminations of dairy cows.

Better genetics hold the key to better beef calves from dairy cows. That was the key message from a series of workshops by Beef+Lamb NZ to increase the overall value of beef exports to NZ. Two thirds of NZ’s beef kill is from the dairy industry but calves from dairy farms have in the past been seen as more of a by-product. Peter Burke reports.

There's a real need for people to push for, and on behalf of, New Zealand agriculture, says a farming leader recognised in the recent King's Birthday Honours List.

A 66% reduction in the dairy sector's biosecurity response levy will land well with farmers, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre.