Future Post sets "benchmark"
A company transforming waste plastics into valuable vineyard posts took top prize at the 2025 Port Marlborough – Marlborough Environment Awards.
OPINION: The culture of helping someone in need is alive and well in the ag sector.
Recently a suspected arson attack at Future Post - a South Auckland company making fence posts from 100% recycled plastic - caused more than $1 million in damage and out the company at serious risk.
But New Zealanders have stepped up in an incredible way.
A Givealittle Page set up to raise $500,000 to keep the company going has raised $300,000 so far.
The plea from the company is for donors to buy a $5 virtual fence post or donate what you can to help them reach the target.
The Government is introducing a new nationwide rural recycling scheme that will significantly increase the recovery of farm plastics from March next year, Minister for the Environment Nicola Grigg announced today.
B+LNZ's Wormwise veterinarian Mary Bowron has won the Best Sheep and Beef Vet of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector.
Researchers at Massey University are using a special piece of scientific equipment to improve the measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from pasture soils.
More signs of a booming kiwifruit sector.
OPINION: David Seymour and James Meager's plan to make it easier for farmers and orchardists to operate drones can best be described a 'courageous' move.
New Zealand wool is reaching new heights as air filtration companies move away from synthetic products to biodegradable alternatives.
OPINION: After hogging the media limelight for telling a NZ Chinese MP to "go back home", Winston Peters has decided…
OPINION: With fuel prices soaring, one would have expected most farmers to be reclaiming excise duty on petrol.