Dom's wife's love for her new pet bunny has driven the notorious curmudgeon to write a column about the history of rabbit-genocide in farming.

The Country is brought to you today by a dairy dip and the music of man in black...Johnny Cash.

The Country previews FMG Young Farmer of the Year Competition Grand Final which gets underway in Timaru on Thursday, culminating on Saturday night with the awarding of the 'Cloak of Knowledge'.

As we count down to tomorrow night's Beef + Lamb NZ Sheep Industry Awards in Masterton, we head to London to catch up with one of the finalists who's been watching his son play tennis at Wimbledon.

Milk processing firm Miraka is tripling production to meet a growing thirst for its UHT products in China.

Evan Dick: We talk to a South Otago dairy farmer who's come up with a novel plan to solve the housing crisis and the labour shortage in rural New Zealand.

Jason Miller is a high-profile Southland sheep farmer who warns we must not underestimate the importance of Britain to our lamb industry.

Jamie Mackay has taken leave of his senses over Brexit and Dom is starting to feel the effects as The Country HQ descends into pandemonium.

Everyone's fired up on today's show as the Brexit debate shows no sign of slowing down. More importantly, will Jamie stop saying 'Shexit'?

Big buys at annual agricultural event are likely to be lower on the shopping list for some who are hurting, especially dairy farmers.

Tougher rules around the treatment of bobby calves will start before the spring calving season, but other measures on food and shelter will be delayed until next year.

Very low dairy prices have so far not translated into widespread forced sales of farms, but the coming spring and summer periods will be the acid test for many.

Alarm after tuberculosis-positive cow discovered at his farm.

Heartland Bank has told investors it is monitoring the dairy sector "with close attention".

Former president of Wanganui Federated Farmers says dairy farming is responsible for 80 per cent of the degradation of New Zealand waterways.

Hopes are running high that the first GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction for 2016/17 will show an improvement in dairy prices.

Farmers overall remain satisfied with their banks, according to a Federated Farmers survey.

The milk price of $4.25 per kg remains well below DairyNZ's $5.25 per kg estimate of breakeven.

It's not only NZ dairy farmers unhappy about farm gate prices.

Dairy prices ended the 2015/6 season on a firm note with the GlobalDairyTrade price index rising by 2.6 per cent at this morning's auction.

Fonterra's farmer shareholders will vote next month on whether to accept governance changes to trim the board.

Fonterra says part of forecast final dividend will be moved up to ease low-price pain.

Mystery has enveloped the ginseng industry-the biggest customer for a small Canadian county has disappeared.

Workers weren't allowed time off, including a pregnant woman who was told she'd be laid off if she took maternity leave.

The trend towards organic produce means the US is now importing animal feed from Romania.

Fonterra's first draft of suggested changes to its governance structure recommends the board's size be cut from 13 to 11.

International markets are "screaming out" for New Zealand apples.

NZX's planned new milk price futures contract can help bring stability to a dairy sector being hit by low returns, says visiting specialist Brian Rice.