Heavily indebted farmers may be under pressure from their banks to sell up on the rising farm market to get out of their debt.

Asked if Jersey farmers should start breeding for A2 milk – achieveable within five years in Jerseys but at a price in genetic diversity – Fonterra chairman John Wilson advises, “select for the animals which would give the best genetic gain – full stop”.

We have not reached peak milk in New Zealand, says Fonterra chairman John Wilson.

New Zealand's dairy industry must catch up with world-best standards in respect of the environment and animal welfare, says Animal Health Direct founder Richard Kettle

Liberty Genetics, which specialises in elite young sires, will celebrate its 20th anniversary at Fieldays.

Farm IQ is inviting dairy farmers to ask questions about how they can get value from using farm management software.

Anticipating the All Blacks heading to Dublin in November to reap their revenge, an even bigger Irish contingent will visit New Zealand this week for the 50th Fieldays. 

Red meat farmers are being asked to approve an increase in levies to Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).

A lad from a dairy farm in Wairarapa has commercialised bee-keeping technology after a prototype invention won him the 2013 Fieldays Innovation Awards in the Launch NZ category.

Dairy farmers running pasture-based systems on the coast of California have adapted their practice to produce organic milk.