A Porangahau shepherd is standing up for farmers. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Covenants vital to protecting vulnerable plants and animals.

Studies find major tree-planting efforts needed as well to curb greenhouse gases.

Farmer devastated as freak lightning strike kills organic milk cows.

The state of Hawke's Bay's local waterways is in crisis, writes Trevor Le-Lievre.

Nathan Guy says there is a limit to further dairy intensification in New Zealand.

Another major stocktake has painted a grim picture of our freshwater environment.

A rural country school is saying its goodbyes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Stock's been dried off early, maize crops are destroyed. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Farmers may wait until spring for the water to subside. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

National needs to stick to its promise of less and better regulation, lobby group says.

Two cows snuck out for a stroll - but only one came back alive.

Farming is improving its products to meet environmental and nutritional demands.

Two damning reports on farming greeted by Government silence, says green campaigner.

Rain has brought relief to drought-stricken South Island farmers.

Edgecumbe residents are returning to their flood-ravaged homes today.

COMMENT: It's time New Zealand addresses issues head on.

The wet Cyclone Cook weather could hit next season's dairy production.

Busy mother-of-three Kate Ivey is helping inspire Kiwi women to get fit.

Any commercial operation turning water into money should expect to have to pay.

Young farmer "astonished" at the response after sharing his struggle with depression.

Countdown is the first national retailer in New Zealand to make the commitment.

A joint venture is contributing to the success of a new dairying sector.

China is a stable source of growth for Fonterra in a volatile world, says Fran O'Sullivan.

Recent extremely wet weather across the country has put pressure on the greens.

NZ's economic growth is "approaching its environmental limits", a once-a-decade environmental report card says.

Slashing pastoral stock numbers by up to 35 per cent has been suggested among ways to push New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions down to zero by 2100.

The consent allows its new owner to extract 4.3 million litres of water a day until 2032.

Landcorp Farming, the state-owned farmer, posted an operating loss in the first half of its financial year.

EDITORIAL: Egg industry need to police free range claims more carefully.