Butter prices look like making another strong run, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.

All possible pathways remain open in the hunt for the source of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, says MPI’s director of response, Geoff Gwyn.

Federated Farmers previous president, William Rolleston, was very supportive of GE and there was a perception that Feds was leading the charge in support of the science — but this could now cost them.

Researchers at Livestock Improvement Corp (LIC) are working with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to piece together a genetic jigsaw of 15 million pieces.

Farm veterinarians are struggling with the emerging animal health effects of long-term fodder beet use on dairy farms, says DairyNZ senior scientist Dawn Dalley.

The Dill family of Kaipara Flats, north of Auckland, has won the 2018 Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

A new report has found we are damaging and losing our soils and our native plants and animals, but DairyNZ says farmers are working to fix the issue.

A commercial diagnostic tool which will allow farmers to test for cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis themselves is being developed.

About 130 people turned out to a field day at a Hokitika dairy farm, a finalist in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition. 

DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle has welcomed the announcement of the members of the Interim Climate Change Committee.