The chair of Safer Farms, a free health and safety resource for farmers, says the sector’s new ‘farm without harm strategy’ is designed to prevent decades of preventable harm.

From today, eligible skilled migrants with a job or a job offer in specific roles on the Straight to Residence pathway will be able to apply for residence, both from on shore and overseas.

We need sun urgently, according to central North Island AgFirst consultant Peter Livingston who says the exceptionally wet winter - especially around Rotorua which has seen 1,100mm of rain in the last three months - is starting to have an effect on milk production.

An innovative digital technology is helping the country's second largest milk processor streamline its transport operations.

The Government will review export quotas it allocates annually to milk processors.

Former Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is seeking election as a DairyNZ director.

Some dairy farmers hit by the devastating floods that hit the top of the South Island last month will have a "really tough year" of recovery, says Charles Fergusson, Fonterra's regional head for Canterbury, Tasman and Marlborough.

The Government is backing what it says is the largest ever study on the sustainability of New Zealand’s farming sector, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

The Government has announced that it intends to review the dairy quota allocation system.

OPINION: It is often said there are three things that regularly impact on farmers, which they cannot control: the Government, interest rates and the weather.