Fonterra will appoint a third “unknown candidate” in the second director election if neither John Nicholls or Jamie Tuuta succeeds, says Fonterra board aspirant John Nicholls.

Farmers need to ask themselves how often they have loaded onto a truck an animal they would not be happy eating, says Nuffield scholar David Kidd.

The jersey-cross beef business at his Whangarei Heads dairy farm is a sideline – but it is a valuable sideline, says Murray Jagger.

Mixer wagons, common for decades, take many forms: simple concrete mixer style, rotors with paddles, single or multiple horizontal augers, or the ever-increasing vertical auger concept. 

A large calf rearer bought an $80,000 pasteurisation unit this year to protect his business from Mycoplasma bovis.

Mike and Debi Fichtl, of South Waikato, believe farm ownership is still an admirable, and achievable aim.

It's time for DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ to justify their split of the eradication costs of Mycoplasma bovis.

A 7,500 signature petition was presented to parliament last week calling for changes to NZ’s immigration laws.

Persistently strong global milk supply forced Fonterra to cut its milk price forecast last week by about 20-25 cents.

With the lowering of the farmgate milk price comes the squeezing of margins.