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The "once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a week with other like-minded farmers and world class presenters" was the impetus for farmer Blair Drysdale to apply for the Rabobank Farm Managers Program.

Fonterra has delivered more than 50 million packs of milk to Kiwi kids since its Milk for Schools programme began – that's more than 10 million litres of milk.

The Fruit in Schools programme will be expanded to include an extra 77 schools, benefiting an additional 13,000 students.

The best way to understand an international market is to be in it, says Agmardt chairman Barry Brook.

A field trip to a dairy farm and Massey University agri science facilities has helped change the attitudes of a group of postgraduate Massey journalism students.

Lincoln University is copping criticism for the way it is allocating beds to would-be new students for 2016.

The first robotic milker in a southern hemisphere high school is running at Feilding High School, Manawatu.

A colony of much sought-after dung beetles are up for auction to raise awareness and kick off a science education project.

A unique mobile 'woolshed' has had a royal send-off on a nationwide journey.

A new mentoring programme that pairs plant science students with experienced researchers has been launched by the New Zealand Plant Protection Society (NZPPS).