New Zealand's 4.4m cows are providing 26pc of our exports, and the money earned flows right through the economy to urban communities, according to new research.

Financially-troubled dairy farmer Allan Crafar has failed in his bid to have a notice to evict him from one his home farm thrown out.

A popular new pet is all the rage in Britain, but it comes with a warning.

NZ farmers are unlikely to be brought into the emissions trading scheme in 2015 unless scientific advances are made in reducing animal emissions and our trading partners make giant strides in pricing carbon.

A group of white South African farmers arestarting a new life in the former Soviet state.

October farm sales slumped by almost one-third on last year, amid a climate of cautious buyers, REINZ figures show.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is preparing to copper-spray kiwifruit orchards affected by the vine-killing Psa bacteria, despite reservations it could do more harm than good.

Nick Smith has called for NZ to improve its fresh water management after a report found almost a third of lakes have poor water quality.

Spraying kiwifruit vines with copper spray in hopes of controlling the vine-killing bacteria PSA has been put on hold today as growers and experts discuss the consequences of the action.