A B-plus result for profitability is what managers of the Lincoln University Dairy Farm have given themselves during a tough payout year on top of an A-plus for estimated nitrate leaching and cost control.

Sedgemere breeder and cattle trader Tony Partridge faces a nervous weekend before finding out if his pair of simmental heifers are Steak of Origin winners.

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Fonterra has announced the launch of organic milk to be sold under its Anchor brand which it says will be available “at a fair price” from May 18.  

The Ag Art Wear runway at Fieldays offers visitors a break from tractors and cattle.

The median farm land price rose by 24 per cent over the past three months to February 2015 compared to the same period last year, although fewer farms have been sold. 

Rare breeds enthusiast David Hughes spent 30 years owning and breeding rare livestock and poultry, but sadly, saving the Arapawa Island pig – the rarest breed of all – wasn’t one of his success stories.

WorkSafe presentations to South Taranaki farmers are dispelling myths about the organisation’s approach to health and safety on farms.