Horowhenua farmer Cam Lewis is in the business of growing superb quality produce – milk, asparagus, and strawberries.
With the advent of climate change, dairy farmers could expect to be dealing with more days where their cows are suffering from heat stress.
In my last article, I covered factors affecting the marginal returns from growing maize on-farm.
Free workshops focused on managing risk in sharefarming got underway last week.
Annual farmer gathering, the South Island Dairy Event (SIDE), is set to make history as it heads to Timaru for the first time.
Just like our rural communities, technology solutions need to rely on each other too.
Dairy farmers can boost their reproduction success this mating season by prioritising hoof health and early lameness detection to keep cows in top condition and make the most of a promising forecast payout, according to agritech company Herd-i.
Much has been discussed in recent seasons about the rising costs of production on dairy farms, and rightfully so.
Rare Canterbury mudfish and tadpole shrimp have been discovered at an environmental restoration site at Bennetts Stream in North Canterbury which is part of a biodiversity initiative being carried out by Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL).
Tucked away in a remote part of the central North Island, staff at a Pāmu (Landcorp) farm are working hard to solve one of the biggest challenges facing the dairy and beef sectors.
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