Farming

More farmers' cows in Taranaki grazier's care go missing

Fair Go is back in Taranaki — talking to a new bunch of farmers about the same problem. Cows. Missin...

Company making cow-less dairy products given green light to expand

A company developing dairy proteins in the laboratory without cows has been given the green light to...

Where there's a wool: Can NZ's textile sector find its way again?

Sheep farming, once a staple of New Zealand's economy, is in a crisis as some of the industry's cruc...

New bovine disease vaccine research underway in NZ

Research is underway in New Zealand to create a new single-dose vaccine to prevent the spread of Bov...

Northland sheep benefiting from the power of the sun

The sheep grazing at a Northland solar farm seem to like spending a lot of time chilling in the shad...

Quad bike roll-overs: Warning after four farmers killed over three weeks

The deaths of four farmers killed in separate quad bike roll-overs in the past three weeks have prom...

NZ temporarily suspends all Aus tomato imports after virus detection

Biosecurity New Zealand has temporarily suspended all Australian tomato imports after the detection ...

Debt-ridden Synlait pulled back from brink of receivership

Debt-ridden milk producer Synlait is back from the brink of receivership after a meeting in Canterbu...