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Could next season's milk price be better than thought?

Not everyone is gloomy about next season's milk price.

Phone help for feed planning

Beef + Lamb is offering help to farmers facing drought, M. bovis, and now lockdown

Week one of lockdown: What life's been like for essential workers

Most Kiwis are holed up at home so spare a thought for those keeping the country ticking.

Farmers 'still very short of feed' as drought continues

Farmers grateful to meat workers for processing stock during pandemic.

Grass starting to grow with good rain in Northland, but drought continues

More rain in March in Northland than whole of January and February.

'Drought-shouts' off the agenda; how to support farmers

"Normally you can get together, and talk about it, but in this environment we can't."

'Agriculture will become even more important'

People who lose jobs in tourism could find work in agriculture and horticulture.

Biodiversity 'almost past the breaking point'

'Breaking in the land' versus pasture maintenance - a difference of perception.

Minister tours farms in bone-dry Northland

Northland inching closer to a drought declaration with no rain in sight.

1080 blackmailer Jeremy Kerr denied parole

Kerr will be seen again by the end of February 2020.

Polluting farmers could get free pass under controversial rule changes

Environment groups, farming bodies and fertiliser co-operatives submit on nitrogen rules.

Conservation Comment: Don't vilify farmers

Government is ignoring the democratic process with proposed action on water regulations.

'Under attack': Best prices for farmers but compliance costs threaten golden run

Farmers should be laughing all the way to the bank, yet they are not, they are stressed.

Local Focus: Six-year-old Archie's autistic diet shifts the family farm

"Within three days he got his eye contact back". Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'It's a pathway, but uncertain': Farmer Kirsten Bryant

Farmers appreciate the chance to make their own decisions on reducing climate emissions.

Audrey Young: Is that purring coming from the Beehive?

James Shaw's patience pays off handsomely, writes Audrey Young.