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.

The new manuka honey test may not be the solution to the problem of fake exports.

Ian Troughton's farm has been placed in receivership. 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.

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.

A drop in slaughter rates has pushed up prices to multi-year highs in export markets.

Allied Farmers says it could be in the money in litigation against Property Ventures.

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.

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.

For the first time in two-and-a-half years, New Zealand farmers expect their on-farm spending to increase and farm debt to reduce.

Pukekohe market gardeners, the Bhana family, live in a rural zone but across the road houses are sprouting up on a paddock they were cropping potatoes two years ago.

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

WorkSafe NZ is investigating the death of a 60-year-old man with farming equipment in Waikato last week.

Recent report predictions that rural districts may see a population decline in years to come is being rebutted by the South Waikato which has had 1.3% population rise in the last year. - Made with funding from NZ On Air

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