Environment minister David Parker says he strongly favours enforcing nitrogen leaching limits in some catchments. 

A mere 2% of New Zealanders see biosecurity as relevant to them, says the head of the new biosecurity unit in the Ministry of Primary Industries. 

Politicians are rubbishing reports that the dairy industry will need to reduce cow numbers to improve fresh water quality.

There is no good reason why New Zealand should not get a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), says Trade Minister David Parker.

Farming has turned a corner on water quality but must accept limits on how it operates, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

Farmers and farm staff are overworked and some are facing chronic exhaustion.

D-day on Mycoplasma bovis is looming for cattle farmers.

Matamata farmers Edward (Wynn) and Tracy Brown are the inaugural winners of the Fonterra Farm Source Responsible Dairying Award.

Heartland Bank is teaming up with NZ Young Farmers in a bid to support young people at the forefront of the rural industry. 

The gumboots have been put away and the shoes have been shined in anticipation of the dairy industry’s most prestigious awards event, happening this Saturday in Invercargill.