If there is a maize grain shortage next season, farmers will have to look for an alternative and that may not be easy. That’s ...

Fonterra chair Peter McBride warns that the future looks increasingly competitive - both in New Zealand and internationally.

From August each year a special group of 'helpers' descend on Julie and Brian Pirie's farm at Ngatea in the Hauraki Plains.

A game changer and a huge boost for farmer confidence. That's how Fonterra farmers describe the co-op's 2024 annual results, ...

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Alan Thomson as its new chief executive. Thomson is moving to B+LNZ from ...

Fonterra has unveiled a revised strategy – to maximise farmgate milk price and setting higher targets for dividends and ...

Milk processor Synlait is offering a one-off payment of 20c/kgMS to retain South Island suppliers, many of whom issued ...

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says while people are opening about mental health, there’s still disproportionately high rates of suicide and depression in rural communities. “As a country, ...

Skewed policy, favouring forestry over farming, should be blamed for Alliance Group’s proposal to close its Timaru meatworks, says Federated Farmers. Feds meat and wool chairperson Toby Williams ...

FIL has launched a new online survey to gain valuable insights into the challenges dairy farmers face in meeting their milk quality and mastitis prevention goals. As a trusted partner in New Zealand’s ...

With ongoing ‘noise’ to reduce herbicides, many manufacturers have been introducing a wide range of options for mechanical weed control. Many farmers and growers are realising that early intervention ...

Alliance Group has announced a proposal to close its Smithfield meat processing plant in Timaru, South Canterbury. If confirmed, the proposal would mean that sheep meat, calves and night shift venison ...