Comment: Advancements in robotic technology changing the face of farming for the better.

Comment: Animal welfare or climate change? Dr Rowarth and Dr Coles investigate.

Comment: Commercial and recreational sectors can work together for a sustainable industry.

Comment: Dr Rowarth investigates the vegan call to "give up meat to save the planet".

Our farmers are close to the land and will feel climate change hard.

Comment: Dung beetles are a hard working employee who won't mind if the pay is crap.

Comment: How often do we consider the journey our food takes to our plates?

Beehives are being stacked on boundaries to take advantage of neighbouring mānuka.

Comment: Is NZ's Clean Water proposal too stringent in its assessment of swimmability?

Comment: The high rates on farms are concealing profound problems, writes Nigel Billings.

Comment: Just when you though things couldn't get worse for the wool industry ...

Windy and dry conditions mean we should be nervously vigilant.

Looking back at one of the most popular stories on The Country in the past 12 months.

Comment: New Zealand should not spend more than it earns.

Comment: Are our favourite swimming spots good to go? And if not, why not?

Comment: Feds' Chris Lewis on his top seven considerations from a farmers' perspective.

Comment: Could a rebellion against synthetic proteins work in New Zealand's favour?

Comment: The end of the year can provide a time of reflection and future planning.

Comment: Julia Jones calls for the farming industry to focus on the positives.

Comment: You owe it to yourself and your taste buds to try Texas barbecue.

Comment: With the coming summer months, there is often an influx of visitors to the farm.

Comment: Simple solutions for difficult problem can have unintended consequences.

The other dogs wagged their tails enthusiastically but seemed unfazed by the death.