Any change to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act (Dira) for Fonterra's proposed Trading Among Farmers (Taf) must hinge on supplier-shareholder endorsement, Federated Farmers says.
Johnny and Tanya Bell's goal is to have a low-cost and flexible farming system.
ANZ New Zealand has doubled its farm start-up package, providing up to $120 million of lending to help young farmers take their first step in agriculture and progress towards farm ownership.
Federated Farmers has re- opened its feed information line in the South after indications some farmers could run short of feed.
Fonterra's board has backed a farmer trust custodian for its shareholder fund as part of Trading Among Farmers (TAF).
Farm sales for the three months ended January were 61.6% higher than those in the corresponding period last year, figures released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) show.
A proposal to develop on-farm management capability to enable productivity gains in the red meat sector has been approved by the Primary Growth Partnership investment advisory panel to business plan development phase.
Fonterra says it has identified some "practical" changes to the raw milk regulations that will help deliver genuine competition for New Zealand milk.
Watch out Dunedin - here come the Gardyne brothers.
You never know what you might find at the Southern Field Days at Waimumu.
It would be fair to say Linda Barnes is a battler.
When Mirjam Wouters joined the trail on the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust's cavalcade this week, she was on the saddle with a different type of horsepower.
A top price of $3200 was achieved at an inaugural merino ram sale at Tarras, believed to be the first private polled merino ram auction in New Zealand.
It's a peach of a tree.
Ask dog-trialling enthusiast Ann Salkeld if there is any rivalry with her partner and fellow triallist Ray Jury and the answer is quick: "It's competitive, my oath."
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper has resigned as a director of Beef and Lamb New Zealand and the New Zealand Meat Board, questioning Beef and Lamb's future role and relevance.
A bill to deliver electronic national identification and tracing of livestock has passed its third and final reading in Parliament.
Sheep and beef farm profit in Otago and Southland on average is the highest in New Zealand, as the region capitalises on its high sheep predominance and performance.
While heightened macro-economic and geopolitical risks are likely to exert a strong influence on global agricultural markets, New Zealand agriculture, on balance, looks set for a generally positive year.
The Waitaki District Council has appointed Margy Gaynor as its first biodiversity co-ordinator.
