Michael Hales is fighting for his life in hospital after getting sepsis from an infection.

Farmers in the North Canterbury region of Sheffield have been forced to abandon their homes due to the rising floodwater. Video / Hamish Clark

"The presence of our horses seems to settle the cows''

Surging water puts farmers and their animals in danger across Canterbury.

Floodwaters in Canterbury have exceeded warnings "by a huge magnitude", Fed Farmers says.

A new analysis has gauged how rising emissions could hit our farming sector this century.

On one farm, two hunters shot 700 rabbits in two nights. And they're "still everywhere".

Mouse plague has caused some Aussie farmers to lose their entire summer crops.

He breeds daughters who are not overly tall but they are very wide, with capacious udders.

Jane and Damian Roper's language lessons sparked a much larger project.

Hilsley Short was left anxious and stressed about providing for his family.

Critics of the scheme are worried about nitrate levels and drinking water.

Government finds evidence a Dutch company is dumping surplus frozen fries in New Zealand.

A farmer says government support for the sector may soon be essential.

What has decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl meant for NZ's best land?

The Climate Change Commission has proposed a cut to livestock numbers. Is it inevitable?

The birds either suffocated or overheated after a power outage cut their air supply.

New Zealand’s potato chip industry is being threatened by cheap imports from Europe. Frank Film looks at the growing fight to support local producers and processors supplying the neighbourhood chippie. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Frank

Farm sales up 39.2 per cent for the three months ended February 2021.

A farming couple in financial strife say they're prepared to take drastic measures.

Anthony Brolly failed to feed, adequately treat and prevent parasites in 245 calves.