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New Zealand's shift from a pasture-based model to high feed-input dairy farms will come under the microscope in a joint research project.

NZ-led research shows global solutions are feasible as microbes causing animal methane emissions are similar around the world.

AgResearch chair Sam Robinson says the proposal for change has been well thought out.

A former director of AgResearch, Dr Jock Allison, says the present organisation doesn't know how to nurture and grow its scientists.

Federated Farmers say the proposed AgResearch redundancies show the falling science capability in agriculture.

AgResearch plans to reduce scientist and technical roles in lower-demand areas. 

The 2015 NZBIO Conference Awards has announced their winners.

Miraka chief executive, Richard Wyeth has welcomed a partnership with AgResearch and Plant & Food Research to develop a new family of shelf-stable beverages.

Grazed winter forage crops raise the risk of nutrient losses to water, but with careful management, sediment and phosphorus losses can be reduced during grazing.

Has herbicide resistance led to a breed of super weeds? That was one of the questions being asked at the recent NZW Grape Days.