A landmark New Zealand trial has confirmed what many farmers have long suspected - that strategic spring nitrogen use not only boosts pasture growth but delivers measurable gains in lamb growth and ewe condition.

It's critical that the horticulture sector works together as part of a goal to double the sector’s exports by 2035.

The ACT Party's call for a better deal on the Paris Agreement on climate change is being backed by farmer organisations.

Academic Dr Mike Joy and his employer, Victoria University of Wellington have apologised for his comments suggesting that dairy industry CEOs should be hanged for contributing towards nitrate poisoning of waterways.

There's been unprecedented demand from secondary school students across the country to study agricultural related subjects.

Formed in 1871, Austrian agricultural machinery manufacturer Pottinger originally focused on producing grassland machinery for a little over a century.

DairyNZ has pulled together tactics that will help farmers improve on-farm efficiency and have positive benefits for the environment. These tactics are based on research, data, and lessons from leading farmers.

The design and construction of an effective dairy effluent system is a complex process.

Effluent can be a source of nutrient loss, contaminants entering waterways, and greenhouse gas emissions.

A comment by outspoken academic Dr Mike Joy suggesting that dairy industry leaders should be hanged for nitrate contamination of drinking/groundwater has enraged farmers.