Farm Management

A field trial, where lambs were vaccinated at docking and weaning, demonstrated that vaccination was  highly effective, lowering clostridial deaths by 23%.

Leaving the snakes and leopards of Zimbabwe for the cows and mushrooms of Southland was the move of a lifetime.

Top five expenses include wages, which have increased 15% year on year.

The traditional pathways for dairy farmers like sharemilking are still there, but they seem to be getting tougher and tougher each year, a farming leader says.

It all starts with an animal health plan, says Beef + Lamb NZ.

Eight years after it started converting dairy farms to organic systems, Pāmu is farming more profitably and more sustainably on those properties.

NZX is offering an online academy to teach dairy buyers and sellers about the futures market.

August 6 is Farm Worker Appreciation Day, when the dairy sector shows some love to the men and women at the heart of its operations.

A Hawke's Bay farming family were left in awe when they received an unexpected phone call from their insurance provider.

The private and public rights and duties of land ownership present challenges that are yet to be solved, writes David Eade.

Irrigation water from the new Waimea Community Dam started flowing just in time for Vailima Orchards.

Federated Farmers says the survey results paints a bleak picture of what’s happening with farm profitability.

But there’s a sense that the worst is over for dairy farms, economist says.

Ag consultant Joel Hensman speaks out in his bid to help farmers see the bigger picture.

The ATV death of a much-loved sheep dog triallist has once again raised the issue of farm fatalities, writes Craig Page.

West Coast farmers criticize a 27% rates hike by their council, citing financial strain and inadequate service benefits for rural communities.

A trial by AgResearch shows hay bale grazing means less soil damage, less runoff and better welfare when compared to traditional winter cropping.

Pilot farm adjusts milking systems, tech, stocking rates and more as it sets out to prove it can be done.

As more farmers in Southland embrace grass baleage on pasture as a wintering option they need to remember new rules apply.

Farmers are finding innovative new ways to make money and smooth out the revenue stream, writes Blair Rooney.

Farmers offered hefty discount and voucher to make quads safer.

Southland dairy workers from Nepal received farm bike training with the help of a translator.

Corn ethanol production has slotted a useful second crop into farmers’ cycle – and its byproduct has found customers in NZ.

A Mato Grosso farm has not looked back since adopting DDG for finishing its 7000 cattle.

A vast Brazilian estate develops its own bio-pesticides in its on-farm bio-reactor.

Planting a second crop has boosted Brazil’s corn production into double digit annual growth rates.

Otago sheep and beef farmer has had to get creative to boost cashflow on farm, as there's "zero profitability in sheep at the moment".

Wearable system is theirs free for a year.

Innovation pays off for a family of forward thinkers.

Southland and Otago wool growers urged at a BLNZ field day to consider changing to keep wool viable.

Mandi McLeod is still suffering from the effects of farm accidents that could have been prevented.

There’s $8 a kilo for lambswool in it for farmers who go organic, with plenty of demand from overseas buyers.

Tinui operations manager discovers a new revenue source thundering around the paddocks.

Duck farming is a good option, say those few who do it in NZ – what they lack in quantity, they make up in quality.

There’s more to it than resetting capital restrictions on agri lending, says NZAB director.

Fears banks could use climate stress testing exercise as a reason to turn off the taps.