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Many young people, especially from urban backgrounds, don’t realise how broad the opportunities are in the rural sector, says Waikato University agribusiness and marketing student Celine Walters.

GP shortages in rural areas are a huge, escalating problem and bold solutions are needed, says Dr Nigel Murray, Waikato District Health Board (DHB) chief executive.

Fifty-five DairyNZ scholarships have been awarded this year.

More developments in dairy processing operations, this time in Northland, are yet another nail in what must not be allowed to become Fonterra's coffin.

$230 million is being spent over the next 10 years to produce definitive science on how to best manage land and water in New Zealand.

Teaching about agriculture and food should start at school, says Waikato University’s agribusiness head Jacqueline Rowarth.

Farmers in New Zealand are starting to ‘cotton on’ to the concept of farming within environmental limits.

Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum. One is a Kiwi, born and bred on a sheep and beef farm and has gone back to the farm after 20 years. The other is a Chinese woman who had never been near a farm before a New Zealand visit and thinks cows and calves are “so cute”.

UNIVERSITY OF Waikato science graduate Courteney Nielsen is enjoying the 'aha!' moments, in her position as a Laboratory Technician at MilkTestNZ.

A $30,000 SCHOLARSHIP at the University of Waikato has gone to a doctoral student, Jack Pronger, who will study drought impacts on farms.