Latest from WTA - Rural

No. 8 Wire: Pregnant cows at great risk from ticks

Wayne McNee: Pasture fed cows have enviable record

Threat is a despicable act of treachery

Overall response needed

Devotion saves oasis on dry plains

Kiwifruit rebound boosts land values

Water rules create fresh challenge

Need to lead in standards

Dominic George: Sex selling like never before

Border controls scrutinised

Double win for rural recyclers

Soil awareness at forefront

After two years of intensive work, 2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils (IYS) by the 68th United Nations General Assembly.

Emissions scheme back on agenda

We can expect renewed scrutiny this year over whether agricultural emissions should remain outside the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

Police committed to fighting rural crime

The police and Federated Farmers are liaising together to crack down on rural crime.

Uniformity vital in tending of young dairy stock

Heifer health in sharp focus

Federated Farmers: Tukituki saga meanders on

School outside the classroom