South Canterbury deer farmer Joshua Brook has won a prestigious trans-Tasman award for 2018.

ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny is predicting another cut to the payout — this time the 2018-19 forecast payout.

Fonterra farmers are putting their co-op on notice over the decision to reduce milk price and not to pay any more dividend this year.

After little movement in wages in recent years, people working in primary industries have made gains in what they earn, according to the latest Federated Farmers Rabobank Remuneration Survey.

New Zealand must get beyond seeing its agri sector as ‘gumboots in the mud’ and portray itself as a high value-food producer using innovative technologies.

Rugby played a big role in New Zealand gaining a world-leading soil scientist, Professor Mike Hedley.

Dairy co-op Westland Milk must change in order to survive, says Christchurch investment advisor Grant Williamson.

The wool industry has to be restructured; there is no other way, says prominent grower Derrick Millton.

Farming leaders are stepping up to the mark on climate change and water quality, says environment and trade minister David Parker.

Fonterra’s new chairman John Monaghan is a safe pair of hands for the job, says Federated Farmers Waikato president Andrew McGiven.