Sheep and beef farmers, especially in the South Island, are going to take a substantial hit in their incomes this year as lamb prices weaken.

This old mutt has learned that in Paris the first meat-dispensing vending machine has been installed in the city.

Fodder beet is an increasingly popular winter crop for beef and dairy cattle due to the large amounts of dry matter it produces.

The world has changed and we need to understand that, says Mike Petersen, special agricultural trade envoy.

If someone had told Matt O'Kane 15 years ago that his irrigator would one day ring to say it had finished its run he would have "walked off laughing".

Weak lamb prices are cutting into sheep and beef farmers' profits this season.

We will see a $8/kgMS milk price again – but we will also see $4/kgMS again, says New Zealand special agricultural trade envoy Mike Petersen.

Expect the volatility in the international dairy market to be around for some time.

A former chairman of the Meat Industry Action Group has since gone into dairy farming but is now standing for a seat on the Beef + Lamb NZ board.

On February 4, at the TPP signing, the earth moved.