Record urea prices, coupled with nutrient cap regulations, have seen more dairy farmers wanting to change their fertiliser programmes to lower their nitrogen footprint and costs.

A Southland independent farm consultant, Mo Topham, says ‘demystifying’ OverseerFM for farmers is key to its successful use.

OPINION: We do not mind being held to account.

OPINION: The 2015 Paris Accord on the ‘need for an effective and progressive response to the urgent threat of climate change’, recognised the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger.

OPINION: Predictions that NZ's farming sector is in for a bumper year need to be put into context.

OPINION: The Hound hears that it's not all happiness and light in the world of the Climate Action Partnership - or as it has oh-so politically correctly called itself - He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN).

Dairy The milk supply situation in several key export regions continues to deteriorate.

Australia's support of plantation forestry sharply contrasts with the increasingly restrictive measures being promised in New Zealand by our government, claims the NZ Forest Owners Association.

Looking back on his tenure as chief executive of Environment Southland (ES), Rob Phillips says education has played a ‘real part’ in the relationship between council and farmers.

Dairy farmers are being urged to put in applications for much-needed overseas workers for the upcoming calving season.