More than 130 of Australasia's leading agribusiness professionals will visit two farms in Pirinoa, South Wairarapa, next week.

Well, it was supposed to be a dry summer, but all it has done here in Northland is rain!

A man who has devoted virtually all his working life to the collection of statistics about the sheep and beef industry has been recognised in the New Year's honours.

The Agri-Women's Development Trust business programme for sheep and beef farming women has been confirmed for 2016 with funding from the Red Meat Profit Partnership.

Tony O'Boyle, a Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer, has been elected to the Silver Fern Farms' Board of Directors.

It's a long way to Methven, particularly if you come from Devon in the UK or Wairarapa, as have Andrew Furzeland and Rebecca Langley.

The success of a national programme to develop the business skills and confidence of women on sheep and beef farms has led to its extension in 2016.

Plantings of one the dairy industry's most popular supplements is way down right across the country.

Six young agriculture professionals have been shortlisted for the 2016 Zanda McDonald Award.

Joanne Taylor's rural lifestyle magazine Latitude has won the supreme award at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards held in Nelson on Saturday.