Competitors from Oamaru, Ashburton and Tirau are all vying for this year’s prestigious Young Māori dairy farmer of the year title.

What was once, and to a degree still is, the food bowl of the lower North Island has now almost become another suburb of Wellington - 100km away.

Farmers may soon get their wish for an independent inquiry into rural banking.

Farmgate dairy and beef prices are improving but lamb prices remain weak, according to the latest BNZ Rural Wrap.

The country's farmers appear to be a little more upbeat than they were several months ago.

Are Chinese buyers returning to the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions?

DairyNZ board and leadership team were in Wellington late last month to relay what farmers see as priority areas for easing the regulatory burden on dairy farming.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the first Amazone seed drill – the 2m wide horse-drawn D1 launched in 1949.

The numbers suggest the cow families on offer at the upcoming Busybrook Holsteins sale in North Otago are as good as you’ll find anywhere.

Selecting for disease- resistant cows has become a reality for farmers around the globe as genetic developments continue to advance.