The death of Thailand's monarch has caused a dip in avocado exports, but Korea is picking up the slack.

Economists went back to the drawing board to revise up their farmgate milk price forecasts.

Distressing footage of a cow being suspended from a tractor by hip clamps has been released by Farmwatch.

At the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction the key whole milk powder price went up nearly 20 per cent.

COMMENT: Think of your least favourite ministry then multiply it by a thousand. That's roughly how much I despise the Ministry for Primary Industries.

The chairman of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Doug Leeder explains that the water quality issue is a problem everybody needs to get their heads around, whether they live in a rural or urban environment. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Farming entrepreneur Colin Harvey has put his 6,639-hectare Lake McKay Station up for sale.

Tourism earnings have soared to edge out dairy as New Zealand's top export earner for the first time since 2010.

Farmers in the Netherlands have little appetite for state support, despite low prices.

Dom takes a trip down memory lane and gives us the history of radio which started on a farm!

Lincoln University has repaid $1.5m after it was found it did not teach for as many hours as it was funded for.

International dairy prices improved slightly at this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, gaining by 1.4 per cent since the last sale early this month.

A Hawke's Bay sheep farm is the first in the world to be certified for the GAP step 4 sheep programme. GAP is the Global Animal Partnership

It used to be the thing of the old Western movies where the rancher combating rustlers stealing his stock. But similar scenarios are

In this week's From the Lip - Jamie answers an ill-informed critic who labels him left-wing. Don't they know he's apolitical?

Chanelle Purser and Chelsea Millar talk social media and why it's important for farmers to tell their stories.

PGG Wrightson expects operating earnings to decline this year, snapping three years of growth.

Farmers in the Wairarapa are breaking new ground as they get under way with planting alternatives to their preferred pea crop. The

Police are investigating the discovery of a hidden camera at a Waikato dairy farm.

Bad weather takes its toll on New Zealand milk production at a time when it should be hitting a seasonal peak.

For Labour, it is critical that we have an integrated across government plan to reduce emissions.

Groceries were cheaper in September, impacted by cheaper bananas, lamb and chicken.

The key change to the governance model will enable farmers to directly nominate their own choice for selection to the board.

Teen flown to hospital after quadbike hits a sheep.

Craig "Wiggy" Wiggins alerts The Country Early Edition's Dom George to the perils of the internet.

Are we losing our regional towns? Dom George investigates rural depopulation.

The decline is the first in five auctions.

Feral sheep are under threat but Wimbledon farmer Brian Hales is showcasing what these exotic breeds have to offer. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The Kiwi cat that thinks it is a sheep has gone global.

It's all very well to talk about the recent dairy upswing but what about some good news for sheep farmers?