Today the show salutes Nathan Guy who ran over the Tararuas for nine and a half hours!

Beef + Lamb New Zealand have been working on defining the sector's story.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Slashing pastoral stock numbers by up to 35 per cent has been suggested among ways to push New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2100.

For the first time in two-and-a-half years, New Zealand farmers expect their on-farm spending to increase and farm debt to reduce.

Agribusiness leader and company director Traci Houpapa answers twelve questions about life and work.

COMMENT: Every week we read in the paper that Greenpeace, the Greens, Fish and Game or Massey's Mike Joy are slagging farmers over water quality, writes Alan Emerson.

A man has died after an accident with farming equipment in Waikato.

The threat of deportation raids in the US has left farm workers in a state of suspension.

Family sells last remaining slice of rural land next to Auckland Airport, ending a resistance that began in 1986.

Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

New research showing how efforts to keep pests out of countries are failing to keep up with the pace of globalisation means New Zealand must be more vigilant than ever, a biosecurity expert says.

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.

New Zealand agriculture faces a "moment of truth" in 2017, according to a report by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Farmers needed serious rain - up to 100mm - but there was none on the horizon and soil moisture levels across Northland were extremely low.

Space-generated data will create more efficient irrigation and maximise crop yields, potentially saving farmers thousands of dollars, Alexandra farmer Gary Kelliher says.

Thanks to some rainfall in the region last week, some irrigation bans have been lifted.

The build-up to the 2017 World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships begins in earnest this week.

Teviot Valley Young Farmers Club is hosting the Otago-Southland regional final of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year on February 18.

Alan Harvey is looking forward to next month's Otago-Southland regional final of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year. He is one of eight

Malcolm Lumsden was recently stopped by a lady pronouncing that "I was one of those irresponsible farmers who allowed their cows to 'pee and poo' everywhere resulting in our rivers all being polluted"

A fifty-year-old fitness fanatic has revealed the secret to her youthful physique and rock hard abs.

The owner of a Waikato-based pet food company accused of abusing bobby calves will face trial by jury. Alan Martyn Cleaver, 57

Dairy product prices inched higher at the Global Dairy Trade auction, stemming two consecutive declines.

It's a classic clash between urban growth and farmers.

Northland farmers are facing drier than normal conditions.

Wool prices at this week's auction fell, particularly for varieties sourced from the North Island.

COMMENT: Farming does not get the public attention is deserves.

All going well, the milk price could be revised up to $6.50/kg next year, economists say.

When an Invercargill teen was told she couldn't have a horse, she took matters into her own hands.