Dr Mackle says technology is helping the dairy industry clean up its environmental image

Happy Birthday MC Hammer! Today The Country celebrates your big day.

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

Sir David Fagan gives us the lowdown on the New Zealand Shearing Championships.

Jamie Mackay has been watching "Prime Rocks" again...today's show is all about 10cc!

While relatively small, the trial was ''symbolically very important''...

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

Sir Brian talks farming, footy, improved returns for lamb and plenty of common sense.

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

Today's show is dedicated to Don Henley by the boys of summer Jamie Mackay and Dom George.

Hello from the other side...today's show is all about Adele...again.

Hopes dashed after delay in releasing a new variant of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus.

Agricultural titles are far too long to appeal to the mainstream writes Dom George.

Is Richie McCaw fronting Fonterra ads enough to change the urban perception of farmers?

Nathan Guy denies we need to drop livestock numbers by 35% to be GHG-free by 2100.

Today the show salutes Nathan Guy who ran over the Tararuas for nine and a half hours!

Beef + Lamb New Zealand have been working on defining the sector's story.

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

Agribusiness leader and company director Traci Houpapa answers twelve questions about life and work.

COMMENT: Every week we read in the paper that Greenpeace, the Greens, Fish and Game or Massey's Mike Joy are slagging farmers over water quality, writes Alan Emerson.

A man has died after an accident with farming equipment in Waikato.

The threat of deportation raids in the US has left farm workers in a state of suspension.

A terrible season with persistent rain, little sunshine and depressed prices is proving to be "the perfect storm" for stressed West Coast farmers.

We review the first regional final (Otago/Southland) of the FMG Young Farmer of the Year with the new voice of the competition.

Family sells last remaining slice of rural land next to Auckland Airport, ending a resistance that began in 1986.

Farmers in Central Otago hope a new method of biological control will give them some respite from the rabbit problem.

New research showing how efforts to keep pests out of countries are failing to keep up with the pace of globalisation means New Zealand must be more vigilant than ever, a biosecurity expert says.

It might sound like something straight out of the 2006 horror comedy Black Sheep, but woolly mutants are leading our scientists toward intriguing discoveries - and innovative new products.

New Zealand agriculture faces a "moment of truth" in 2017, according to a report by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Farmers needed serious rain - up to 100mm - but there was none on the horizon and soil moisture levels across Northland were extremely low.