Environment Southland has taken to the air in an effort to identify potential trouble spots ahead of this year’s winter grazing season.

Horticulture is set to grow in Nelson as the clock ticks down on a long-awaited dam in Lee Valley.

Dry weather in some parts of the country is beginning to affect milk production, says Fonterra.

Farmer confidence is up but they doubt general economic conditions will improve this year, says Federated Farmers.

The Government is giving $12.7 million to make Northland more resilient in the face of extreme weather.

Fonterra says it’s keeping a close eye on the coronavirus outbreak in China, the co-op’s key export market.

OPINION: “A lie is halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on” sums up the propaganda certain activists, bureaucrats and policymakers are spreading about the farming sector in this country. 

For the first time in 45 years, a member of New Zealand’s wine industry has won a Nuffield Scholarship.

Accommodation offers have been pouring in from New Zealand farmers to provide a break for Australian farmers caught up in the bush fires.

Debate over Te Papa’s controversial exhibition on water quality has farmers continuing their criticism and the museum defending its stance.