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Waikato University scientists are investigating how enzymes in the rumen, or fore-stomach, of farm livestock might be manipulated to make dairy cows more productive and reduce the greenhouse gases…

The Fire Service says a chemical that killed six pigs and a cat at an Ashburton property could be an organic phosphate used for killing grass grubs.

The owner of a vanilla exporting company on Niue says there's a shortage of producers but former growers who took part in a government scheme that failed are reluctant to...

Rural people have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list announced on Monday.

Waikato University scientists want to find out why carbon content in dairy farming soils has declined and how that might be reversed.

An anti-GE group says a United States court ruling that the spread of genetically modified seed to organic farms isn't harmful could have negative implications here.

Reports that hens were left to starve to death at an abandoned organic poultry farm in the Wairarapa are being investigated by the SPCA. Audio

A marine farmer and entrepreneur says a Ministry of Agriculture move to allow farming of a pest seaweed in parts of the country will do little to release its commercial potential.

The owners of a Palmerston North golf course that has been forced to shut down are taking legal action against the previous owners.

Fish and Game New Zealand has applauded the establishment of a Future Farming Centre at Lincoln University.

A new Future Farming Centre at Lincoln University is advocating a big-picture view of agriculture that goes well beyond the existing preoccupation with getting the biggest yields.

The owner of a golf course in Palmerston North that has been ordered to close to protect a neighbouring organic farm plans to appeal against the decision.

The golfing community of Palmerston North believes other courses throughout New Zealand may come under threat after its last public golf course was ordered to close to protect the organic rating of a…

A consulting soil scientist is dismissing what he calls pseudo-scientific claims made to support movements such as homeopathy and organics.

Fonterra is to cut by half the number of its organic milk suppliers in the North Island. It says consumers no longer feel the need to pay a premium for organically grown food. Audio

The Otago Regional Council is giving farmers due warning about keeping seepage from silage pits out of waterways.

Dutch and British health officials are advising people to avoid raw sprouts and seeds after scientists linked an outbreak of E.coli in France to a highly toxic one in Germany that has killed 43…

A safety device for travelling irrigation systems has won the supreme innovation award at this year's National Agricultural Fieldays.