Australian farmers are hearing that good times are coming: a top economic researcher predicts farm production will increase 5.3% to about A$54.4 billion next financial year.

Switching careers to dairy farming paid off for the three winners of the 2015 Auckland/Hauraki Dairy Industry Awards.

Farmers with multiple farms can now see the consolidated financial position of all those farms together using a new reporting system from CRS Software, Masterton.

Northland College will open its farm gates tomorrow to the public to show how the school is using the farm to prepare its students for careers in agriculture.

If hundreds of sheep or cattle were found dying at a farmgate there would be a national uproar, Federated Farmers bee industry chair John Hartnell told a recent conference.

Challenges and opportunities exist for agriculture in limiting global warming to 2oC, says a leading New Zealand agricultural greenhouse gas researcher.

Agricultural pilots, flying rotary and fixed wing, have again been warned not to overload their aircraft.

Small dairy companies are confident that existing security measures at their processing plants will keep the 1080 threat at bay.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says other multi-nationals have dealt with issues such as the 1080 threat so they are being kept informed not only for transparency but for best practice around the globe.

A feature of shearing in New Zealand is the number of Maori employed in the industry.