The ewe is under her greatest nutritional and metabolic stress in late pregnancy and in early lactation.

A retired Northland farmer and machinery driver says rural contractors must take some blame for the current shortage of skilled operators.

An estimated 28 million tonnes of crop worth $110 million will be at risk if overseas machinery operators are not allowed into the country, according to a new survey.

Farmers remain cautious and even wary – despite the sector having done reasonably well during the COVID-19 pandemic – according to the latest rural report from the BNZ.

Online stock sales are not just a COVID-19 thing, but the way of the future.

Second waves of COVID-19 around the world continue to weigh on dairy prices, according to Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.

Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says there have been inconsistencies in how the Auckland border rules are being applied.

OPINION: Animal rights activists SAFE are again taking aim at the dairy industry. This time, someone stumbled upon dead calves left on public land in Taranaki.

DairyNZ is cautioning farmers against boycotting some rules under the Government’s Essential Freshwater legislation.

Widespread use of genetics for low-N dairy cows could result in a 20% reduction in nitrogen leaching in 20 years, says CRV Ambreed.