Colostrum is the first milk produced by mammals and it needs to come from healthy animals

A US court case has prompted more calls for a ban on popular herbicide Roundup. Should it?

All for a good cause as quiz night nails it with rookie auctioneer.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on the changes at Fonterra and whether Roundup causes cancer.

Chopper crash survivor recognised for safety campaign raising farmers' awareness of wires.

A call to look after farmers' mental and physical wellbeing has prompted care packages.

NZ Veterinary Assoc. says it would embrace a pan-industry initiative on winter grazing.

A new Telehealth link has been used for the first time at Bay of Islands Hospital.

Southern Tararua town maintains its health though minus GP for 30 years

A Taieri dairy farmer recently had his 14-year-old dreadlocks snipped off for Farmstrong.

A Far North GP has received one of the medical profession's highest honours.

Rural Women New Zealand welcomed the government's decision to spend more on mental health.

MPI: Transporting heavily pregnant cows affected by Mycoplasmabovis is a last resort.

Patea will have access to healthcare after Ngati Ruanui purchased Patea Medical Centre.

We need to eradicate m. bovis in order for sharemilking to survive - VetSouth.

Ngati Ruanui will take over the Patea Medical Centre on August 1.

Report finds insufficient evidence port workers fell ill due to methyl bromide.

Take care of calves this winter to prevent illness.

Reports a man is trapped in a grain silo in South Otago.

If Mycoplasma bovis takes hold in New Zealand, animal husbandry will become more important

Four new billboards in Central Taranaki are helping promote the Rural Support Trust.

After 41 years working from the same building, Dougall McLachlan has finally moved.

Health board is assuring residents that health services will continue at Kaeo hospital.

COMMENT: Women play a critical role in a healthy rural lifestyle in the South Island.

Katie Milne says councils reliance on rating is "abhorrent" and needs addressing.

North Otago farmer Jenny Malcolm's personal journey leads to new career path.

"The loss of control - financial as well as the day-to-day management - is crippling"

Irrigators say the mental health of farmers will suffer from proposed changes.

Research shows rural patients have high levels of medicine non-adherence.

Rural health needs to be made a priority, says Dalton Kelly.