Dairy Milk flow strength is a result of welcome rainfall in the middle of March, in combination with weak production comparables for last year.

Farmer confidence is soaring. Put it down to the recent spike in prices for New Zealand dairy products.

The livestock trading industry in New Zealand is stronger than ever thanks to the innovation and resilience which came to the fore during the pandemic, according to an industry veteran.

Newly-crowned national ambassadors for sustainable farming, Evan and Linda Potter say they are very humbled to win this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

It was around 27 years ago when Rod Slater agreed to step in as interim chief executive of Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).

OPINION: Beef+Lamb NZ and the NZ Meat Board’s annual meeting, to be held in Invercargill on March 17, is likely to be a more fiery affair than the usual.

Strong demand and limited cattle supplies saw cattle prices rise across most major cattle producing countries. 

Rural services company PGG Wrightson’s (PGW) net profit leapt 41% in the first half of the current financial year to $18m – up from $12.8m for the same time last year.

New modelling from the Climate Change Commission has outlined a major task ahead for the agribusiness industry in New Zealand.

Some good news for sheep and beef farmers; farmgate returns are stabilising, according to ANZ agriculture economist Susan Kilsby.