Sally Rae

When Balfour farmer Jonny Elder signed up for the Rabobank farm managers programme last year, the timing was perfect.

When people think of innovation, it is often in connection with  technology and gadgets.

Reduced beef supply from Australia and New Zealand should continue to hold United States import prices firm over the coming months.

Overseas Investment Office consent has been granted for a pig farming and genetics company to buy land in East Otago to convert to a free-range pig farm.

New Zealand's first consignments of chilled meat to China are winging their way to Shanghai as part of a six-month trial.

Ever since he was a small child, George Smith has been hooked on sheep and beef farming.

South Devon cattle have taken Allanton farmer Brian Thomson all over the world.

Waimate Shears will celebrate its 50th anniversary in style in October.

It's a big year for Whitestone Cheese.

Alliance Group's new $15.2million venison processing facility at Lorneville is expected to be operational in mid-2018.

Farmer confidence has hit a record high, underpinned by strengthened farmgate returns.

Federated Farmers is seeking a ''targeted catchment approach'' to addressing water quality, where sustainable economic growth could be achieved alongside environmental goals.

Waipori Station manager Dave Vaughan readily acknowledges the topic of health and safety wouldn't have been brought up a few years ago, if it didn't have to be.

When it comes to rearing calves, Nicola Neal knows the challenges involved.

Dealing with anti-farming campaigns is not just  for Federated Farmers; it is a matter for "all decent New Zealanders", outgoing Federated Farmers national president William Rolleston says.

Dunedin-based tech company Bison Group is weighing in on the America’s Cup.

Dairy prices posted their first fall since early March in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction, led by a 3.3% drop in the whole milk powder price.

Tinkering at the edges of change in the meat and wool sectors are ''not going to cut it'', Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman Rick Powdrell says.

Synlait Milk has dropped its forecast base milk price by 10c, citing a ``significant drop'' in the dairy market.

The need to create New Zealand provenance brands has been ranked by primary industry leaders as one of the top priorities for 2017.