Brent Melville

Rural New Zealand boardrooms, once the exclusive enclave of the old boys' club, are becoming more diversified.

It's been a cracking southern autumn bull season with buyers chasing quality bulls across all breeds.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has paid 86% of claims totalling $90million to date in farmer compensation for Mycoplasma bovis.

Farmers want practical solutions and advice when crisis hits.

Jess Cairns is fizzing about where New Zealand beef is going.

Horizon Flowers New Zealand Ltd, one of the  ‘‘big five’’ in Southland’s flourishing tulip bulb export business, has paid $7.8million for a 162ha dairy farm at Mabel Bush.

The $4billion global cashmere industry is under threat as it joins the ranks of silk, mohair and feathers on the list of banned natural fibre products by a growing number of international retailers.

David and Robyn Shaw have been selectively breeding goats since the mid-1980s on their 400ha lamb and beef finishing farm near Clinton. They believe their fibre rivals the finest grown in China or...

DIY may be part of our DNA, but more and more farmers are going the way of outside rural contractors, avoiding high initial capital outlay for specialist equipment and ag-services.

Farmers' relationships with their bankers are at their lowest ebb in five years, as banks come to grips with spiralling farmer debt levels.

Two years on, beef farmers are facing a levy almost five times what they agreed to as their share of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme.

DairyNZ's latest economic survey paints a positive picture of on-farm investment, as dairy farmers catch up on deferred spending on the strength of increased milk income.

Biosecurity New Zealand has gone big on ensuring it spreads its message to visitors, before they even get on the ground.