Whanganui's Vitapower explores new global opportunities with trace elements now in the mix

Incorporating plantain into grazed land found to reduce release of greenhouse gasses.

About 25,000 people are expected to go to the Central Districts Field Days this year.

Sensors developed to better understand how nitrogen is being excreted by cows.

MPI announced $7.15 million for 28 new sustainable farming fund projects yesterday.

A2 milk prevents some symptoms of dairy intolerance and eases others, Kiwi research shows.

Kathryn McRae "one of those strange people" who gets excited about parasites and lungs.

Four options either available to farmers at present or being worked on says Dr Dynes.

Drone-mounted lasers could be used to "map and zap" weeds causing farmers a $1b headache.

AgResearch scientists research provides understanding of how livestock cope with the cold.

Officials are scrambling to gather seeds of 33 native plant species in Myrtle Rust's path.

It might sound like something straight out of the 2006 horror comedy Black Sheep, but woolly mutants are leading our scientists toward intriguing discoveries - and innovative new products.

Kiwi scientists have taken another step toward a potential future of genetically-altered, hypo-allergenic, high-protein milk.

New Zealand has been spared half a billion dollars in damage from a notorious pest - and scientists say it's an Irish wasp we have to thank for it.

AgResearch has received $1.2 million in taxpayer funding to carry out a study aimed at validating the health benefits alternative dairy firm A2 Milk claims its products provide.

Scientists and other research staff have suffered the insecurity and trauma that happens in all organisations in changing markets.

There is one salient comment in the report by Queens Counsel Miriam Dean into the WPC80 incident that ought to give Fonterra's directors and shareholders cause for concern: "A company that is....

Maori-controlled, with a Vietnamese connection, one of the country's newest dairy companies does things a little bit differently from the big boys, discovers Jamie Gray.

What are the benefits, if any? And is it inevitable? Two views from opposite sides of the argument from Agram chief executive Graeme Peters and university researcher Professor Jack Heinemann.

Minister 'unaware' of questions on genetic engineering gains.

Soil and nutrient advice company gets back to the scientific basics to help farmers optimise production.

Millions are being spent creating new grasses but the benefits remain uncertain.

Redback spiders could thrive in some areas of NZ, posing a real threat to native wildlife, a scientist says.

Agricultural scientists say a genetically engineered clover could reduce methane emissions from livestock by 10 per cent.