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OPINION: The world's first floating dairy farm, once hailed as a vision of farming's future, is up for sale after seven years.
Situated at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, its owners say outdated regulations, environmental bureaucracy and the loss of their Rotterdam site have left them with no option but to sell the farm and its cows.
The project even featured on Clarkson's Farm, with Jeremy Clarkson describing it as an example of why farming must modernise.
So, irony of ironies, the environmental bureaucracy has taken down a world-first project that was designed to save the environment.
As farmers begin thinking about establishing next year’s winter forage crops, Beef + Lamb NZ is encouraging farmers to carefully consider what crops they are planting and where.
In Dacre, near Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island, Bruce Dinnington is running a dairy operation unlike any other.
OPINION: One of the privileges of judging the Ballance Farm Environment Awards for more than a decade is the opportunity to spend time on farms and orchards across New Zealand and hear from people constantly looking for ways to improve their businesses.
OPINION: Being a stock manager of a Government MP's farm can come in handy.
OPINION: Groundswell's opinion of the incumbent farm industry representatives isn't high.
New Zealand's citrus growers were challenged to build their future on the value embedded in their fruit rather than the volume they produce, at Citrus New Zealand's annual gathering in Gisborne on 17 September.
Leading John Deere technicians and apprentices from New Zealand and Australians were recognised at the recent sixth annual JD Technician of the Year Awards, held in Brisbane.
In Dacre, near Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island, Bruce Dinnington is running a dairy operation unlike any other.
A free online platform aggregating governance vacancies across rural and regional New Zealand has been launched.
Environment Minister Nicola Grigg has announced details of a new rural plastics recycling scheme.
Agricultural drone operators say that a government decision to allow lower-risk drone work without certification won’t lower standards but drive innovation and efficiency.
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.
