New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it’s having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities.

Dairy industry leader Jim van der Poel still believes farmers going into an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be "a stupid thing".

OPINION: As the Galloway Express left Port Taranaki last month with cattle for China, it marked the end of livestock export.

The battle lines are being drawn on the National Party's recently announced agricultural policy.

Some good news on the horizon for dairy farmers.

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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.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith says He Waka Eke Noa must be scrapped and Beef + Lamb NZ needs to start again with fact this time, not fiction.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand is under fire from farmers for opting to remain in He Waka Eke Noa - the primary sector's climate action partnership.

OPINION: News that about 17% of the national herd of 4 million cows did not get pregnant and won't be producing milk in the coming season will come as a blow to many farmers and the economy of the country.