A farmer was recovering in hospital last night after being charged at by a bull which threw him almost two metres into the air.

Agricultural sector seen moving from survival mentality to productive mode.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

Angel investors' $500,000 aims to boost sales of dairy-based health products.

A devastating pig disease which broke out in the North Island in 2003 and crossed to the South Island in 2006 is still spreading, farmers say.

Dairy giant Fonterra has been given permission to sue the owners of the Tamahere coolstore that exploded in 2008 for $25m worth of cheese that it lost in the blaze. The blast killed one firefighter and injured seven others.

Rainfall over the past few days has made a Waikato farmer's "wishes come true", but he warns its effect will not be immediate.

David Carter has declared a drought in the Waikato and Ruapehu District, saying recent rainfalls appear to have had little effect on dry pastures.

Water is one thing NZ has plenty of. So why don't we manage it better - for the economy and the environment? Nick Smith* reports.

The High Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by the Crafar dairy farming family against convictions and sentence for dirty dairying.

As the Emissions Trading Scheme begins, studies find a wealth of carbon locked up in the soil.