by GERARD HUTCHING on 22 July 2019 at 1:04 am

Ken Jones is 88 but that hasn't stopped him investing in the latest technology. […]

by BRAD FLAHIVE on 21 July 2019 at 9:52 pm

MPI only tests for added chemicals "when there is a specific requirement to do so" and relies on self-regulation. […]

by newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz on 21 July 2019 at 9:27 pm

The fabric of our local rural communities could be severely impacted by conversion of sheep and beef farming to forestry if Government doesn't change its […]

by infomail@ruralnews.co.nz (Rural News Group) on 17 July 2019 at 12:55 am

New ‘micro-credentials’ in wool harvesting will help meet a critical need to train shearers and wool handlers, claims Primary ITO chief executive […]

by infomail@ruralnews.co.nz (Rural News Group) on 16 July 2019 at 11:55 pm

Beef producers have agreed to pay an extra levy to fund the sector’s costs of the Mycoplasma bovis response. The extra will be $1.80 head, on top of the […]

by infomail@ruralnews.co.nz (Peter Burke) on 16 July 2019 at 1:55 am

Government policy settings are presently farmers’ biggest worry, says Federated Farmers president Katie Milne. She told Rural News at the Feds recent […]

by infomail@ruralnews.co.nz (Peter Burke) on 15 July 2019 at 9:55 pm

If Britain crashes out of the EU at the end of October it will be unlikely to seriously affect the New Zealand meat industry. That’s the view of the NZ […]

on 14 July 2019 at 9:00 pm

A 62-year-old Northland farmer has been fined $5,000 and banned from owning more than 70 cows for 2 years after being found guilty of a range of animal welfare […]

by infomail@ruralnews.co.nz (Rural News Group) on 8 July 2019 at 1:55 am

Massey veterinarian Kate Griffiths recently outlined the results of a six year trial looking at the ability of a ewe to survive as a productive animal until […]

on 27 June 2019 at 9:00 pm

A former Auckland honey exporter and its operations manager have been fined a total of $372,500 in a landmark case involving the deliberate adulteration of […]