Farmers are being offered extra environmental protection advice through an upgraded version of the hugely popular "farm menus".

Hemi Dawson says Ngai Tahu Farming have to set the standard everyone aspires to because their mana is at stake.

The proprietors of Rakaia Incorporation say the business will make a profit this year despite the low dairy payout.

Geraldines sharemilkers Joe and Suz Wyborn are the supreme winners of the 2016 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

Mark and Julie Cressey say they have the best sharemilking job in New Zealand.

Tough economic times are causing farmers to analyse every aspect of their business, right down to the performance of individual animals.

Two percent isn't much, but at Fonterra's Clandeboye site a revolutionary cheese plant only required 2% of the site's 45ha to rock the cheese world.

Landcorp will conclude its sharemilking contract with Shanghai Pengxin Group at the end of May 2017.

The three finalists for the 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Maori Excellence in Farming Award for Dairy were announced last week.

The "once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a week with other like-minded farmers and world class presenters" was the impetus for farmer Blair Drysdale to apply for the Rabobank Farm Managers Program.