A new higher-fat variety of ryegrass could help farmers boost production while lowering methane emissions, says agricultural seed company Germinal.

In a bid to future-proof their business, Otaki dairy farmers Andrew and Stacy Faith have just installed a raw milk vending machine.

The a2 Milk Company is pledging a large donation towards finding a vaccine for coronavirus, now officially named Covid-19.

Like many farmers in North Island, Dargaville kumara farmer Andre de Bruin is hoping for rain soon.

Demand for dairy products in China hangs on what further steps the Chinese Government takes to stem the spread of coronavirus.

It’s still unclear just how much the outbreak of coronavirus in China will affect New Zealand exports to that country.

A 175ha dairy farm in Kohatu, Tapawera, 52km west of Nelson, sold in October 2018 for conversion to a hop garden, is another example of change in land use driving sales of rural property.

A new event for the 2020 Southern Field Days will be an ‘Amazing Race’-style challenge.

Questions are being raised about the government’s lack of concern for Southland flood victims.

After travelling around the USA's mid-West, Pioneer forage specialist Ian Williams has five pieces of advice for NZ dairy farmers.