A TARANAKI farm owned by four Maori trusts scooped the prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming trophy.

NEGATIVE IMAGES and public backlash against the agricultural sector is a threat to New Zealand, says Deputy Prime Minister Bill English. He urges the farming sector to help itself by moving to present a positive view of its activities to the public.

WITHIN 50 years dung beetles will inhabit the whole country, says Shaun Forgie, the Landcare Research scientist working with the Dung Beetle Release Strategy Group.

IT IS widely known that feeding good quality colostrum to calves as soon as possible after birth helps provide immunity to disease in the first 4-6 weeks of life. 

WITH LANDCORP eyeing the potential of dairy sheep, the United States could be to our sheep industry what China is to dairy cattle, opening a bold new chapter for New Zealand's most numerous farmed animal.

ST PETER'S School, Cambridge and Lincoln University have announced a new joint venture that will replicate in the Waikato the hugely successful demonstration dairy farm that the University and its partners operate in Canterbury.

A RECENT enforcement order by the Environment Court should be a timely warning for dairy farmers to ensure their effluent management systems meet required standards and are capable of coping with farm expansion. 

A HAWKES BAY-based company says it has developed a “world-first” programme that analyses soil, herbage and blood results at the same time to produce fertiliser and feed recommendations.

PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the findings of an independent report into the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP), which estimates it will add $6.4 billion per annum to New Zealand's economy by 2025.

WINTER WEATHER can increase the strain on the banks of farm waterways, increasing the risk of their eroding and affecting water quality.