The National Party’s plan for reducing agricultural emissions, released yesterday, has been praised by many in the sector.

OPINION: With National Fieldays around the corner, many farmers will be making their annual pilgrimage to Mystery Creek this year.

"We thought last year was bad, but this is the highest on-farm inflation rate for sheep and beef farmers in 40 years.”

Government and ag sector leaders' vision of a deal pricing on-farm greenhouse gas emissions - via the highly controversial He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) agreement - appears to be dead in the water.

A new report from Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) shows that sheep and beef farmers are facing on-farm inflation levels not seen since the 1980s for the second year in a row.

Dairy

OPINION: As we wait for the Government to unveil its plan on pricing agricultural emissions, a new report spells out what could be in store for rural New Zealand.

A new campaign from Beef + Lamb New Zealand Inc. seeks to highlight the link between life’s memorable moments and New Zealand red meat.

Rabobank's latest Rural Confidence survey has found that while farmers' sentiments are still in deeply negative territory, they have crept up from historic lows in late 2022.

A number of Northland dairy farmers are thinking of leaving the industry due to the cost of environmental farm plans that they will need to have in place under Essential Freshwater rules.