New Zealand’s newest dairy plant was officially opened in Tokoroa this morning.

Young Waikato farming couple Dave Swney and Alice Trevelyan see environmental work as part of their day-to-day farming.

The dairy sector has launched a new workforce plan setting out how it will attract, retain and grow the farm workforce in the next decade.

Pamu’s Deer Milk has won the Best Dairy Ingredient category at the World Dairy Innovation Awards, announced in Laval, France overnight.

Mark Leslie says there is huge uncertainty in the global markets, as well as issues on the farms themselves.

A former Auckland sales and marketing executive and a former adventure tourism guide and boutique lodge manager have won the 2022 Central Plateau Share Farmer of the Year title.

As 2021 draws to a close and 2022 approaches, Leo Argent takes a look back at the year gone by, reviewing some of the major stories that appeared in Rural News which shaped farming industry news this year.

Sheep milking is a growing industry in New Zealand with a 50% increase in sheep producers between 2019 and 2021.

A cacophany of sounds - barking dogs, the roar of tractors and tooting ute horns - descended on towns and cities around the country on Friday, July 16.

An AgResearch study shows that dairy sheep appear to have lower nitrogen leaching per hectare than their bovine counterparts. Dr Diana Selbie has been leading the MBIE-funded project looking at the environmental footprint of dairy sheep. Its aim is to provide some hard data to back up claims that this industry is more environmentally friendly. Peter Burke reports...