A STALLED free trade agreement (FTA) with India has been kicked into life again.

THE RED Meat industries, dairy, Zespri and the wider horticulture industry have all come out in support of the concluded FTA negotiations with Korea.

THE MINISTRY for Primary Industries has defended technology transfer to farms from Primary Growth Partnership programmes, following criticism from former Landcorp chief executive, and now Beef + Lamb Genetics chairman, Chris Kelly.

ORGANIC DAIRY farmers are being asked to do too many tricks for too small a treat, say disillusioned formerly certified organic dairy farmers.

WAIKATO MILK processor Tatua Dairy Co-op rounded off its centenary year celebrations with a gala dinner this month in Hamilton.

NEW ZEALAND’S farming future is not just black and white or – at least – just black and white dairy cows.

DONE RIGHT, sheep farms can compete with dairy, says Professor Tony Bywater, of Lincoln University’s faculty of agriculture and life sciences.

THE NEW Zealand Grassland Association held its 76th annual conference earlier this month, drawing 400 researchers, farmers and rural professionals to Alexandra for three days of scientific papers and field trips. 

MOST DAIRY farms are missing out on substantial income due to mistakes or compromises in pasture management, research by DairyNZ relayed at the NZGA conference shows.

A JAYLOR feed mixer wagon is providing ‘room service’ for 700 Saanen in-milk goats living in a goat ‘motel’ on 52ha at Waharoa, Waikato.