Federated Farmers is urging farmers to tackle the issue of methamphetamine in the workplace. Experts say new Health and Safety regulations mean employers are now legally obligated to take steps to mitigate the risk. Made with funding from NZ On AIr

Fed Farmers Dairy Chair Andrew Hoggard is in Holland at the World Dairy Summit. He found he had to correct the European perception of kiwi farming.

Malcolm Bailey and Ian Farrelly to step down from the Fonterra board. First NZ Capital's Scott St John appointed as an independent director.

Salvation Army recommends tightening immigration rules further beyond last week's Government decisions to raise the point system.

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

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

The business community has mixed reactions towards a greener and more anti-dam stance on the Hawke's Bay Regional Council. Hawke's

The Fed Farmers Rural Security Spokesperson discusses poaching and the devastating effects it has on rural NZ.

Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Andrew Hoggard caught up with Dom George to talk all things dairy.

The Country has an exclusive for you from Steve Hollander and Tim Myers. They're here to announce the details of the inaugural Norwood

Harmful farming practices are being pointed to as a cause of the "disgusting" state of Hawke's Bay's rivers. Although the Hawke's

Farmers have seen two successive seasons of sub-par milk prices and the signs so far have pointed to a third.

Federated Farmers Chair Andrew Hoggard is keeping a lid on his GDT excitement.

The President of Federated Farmers comments on 1984, weather challenges, the OCR, next week's GDT and kiwifruit export issues in China.

Farmers' confidence improved a little since January but remains weak, with commodity and farmgate prices the biggest concern,

Chris Lewis, Federated Farmers Waikato Provincial President discusses the alarming rate of drugs on farms with The Country Early Edition's Dom George.

Andrew Hoggard: Federated Farmers Dairy Chairman speaks to Dom from their annual conference in Wellington; what are the implications of Brexit on dairy and is the industry slowly beginning to head in the right direction?

Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says dairy farmers need to ask themselves what a smart level of debt is given the risk profile for the next decade.

Dairy farmers are the most optimistic group in New Zealand's agricultural sector for the coming year, according to a Federated Farmers poll.

The Reserve Bank has warned defaults on dairy loans will be likely as cash-flow shortage estimated at $1/kgMS.

A businessman, 60, is alleged to have acted alone in blackmail scare that said infant formula would be poisoned.

I like to see the glass half full, and I have the facts to back that view. If you still want to see the glass half empty - you're the loser, writes Mike Hosking.

Farmers don't expect special treatment from this year's Budget, but some recognition of the impact that the drought has had on farm finances would be a welcome move.

Fonterra's strategy has to start delivering or its market share will shrink further, says Federated Farmers Otago dairy chairman Stephen Crawford.

Almost 2000 people are being viewed as persons of interest in the investigation into the threat to contaminate infant formula with 1080 poison.

All of the samples of infant formula tested by police after being suspected of possible tampering have tested negative for 1080.

Authorities are no closer to saying if the threat to poison baby formula with 1080 was a hoax, or who wrote the blackmail threats - even with 30 staff on the case.

Police are testing infant formula after a number of tins were found with pin-pricks in packaging lids.