Farming success stories - backed by science

From reducing their carbon footprint to improving environmental sustainability - many farmers are doing awesome work and still managing to turn a good profit. It's just that we don't often hear about it! Have a look at these clips produced for www.agmatters.nz

A sneak peak into the not-so-distant future of farming in New Zealand. Precision Agriculture guru Craige Mackenzie says no matter which way you look at it - environmental, economic, carbon footprint - "you'll end up using the same technology". [Dave Allen, NZAGRC]

Their bank manager urged them to milk more cows, but it took a huge toll on their land and their animals, so Ben and Sarah Troughton discovered a better way to manage their Waikato dairy farm. [Dave Allen, NZAGRC]

New Yorker Anders Crofoot and his family moved to New Zealand and purchased a 3,700-hectare sheep and beef on the rugged Wairarapa coast - it did not go quite as planned. [Dave Allen, NZAGRC]