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Interest in agritech and production animal systems has prompted Massey University's School of Agriculture and the Environment to new majors to its popular animal science degree.

The industry is crying out for graduates with agricultural related degrees.

A four year trial has reaffirmed that mixing plantain into dairy pastures can help reduce nitrogen losses to freshwater while maintaining milk production and profitability, say researchers.

Special courses for secondary school teachers to help excite kids about agriculture and horticulture are now being run at Massey University.

Tayla Steele is in her fourth year of a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at Massey University in Palmerston North.

On a farm in Tikorangi, North Taranaki, Brent Stevenson is sharemilking 1,400 cows.

For Tararua District dairy farmer Lisa Lyons, ongoing professional development has always gone hand-in-hand with life on the farm, but a major health challenge prompted her to take her study journey even further.

How to save soil, living with kikuyu grass and retaining nutrients on farm.

The science underpinning New Zealand's dairy, beef and sheep grazing systems was largely established from the 1950s onward, but new analysis shows that the climate those systems were built for has shifted significantly.

Massey University says its stand at the Fieldays will showcase regenerative science and “circular bioeconomy innovation supporting more sustainable and resilient farming systems”.