No to pines
OPINION: Forests planted for carbon credits are permanently locking up NZ’s landscapes, and could land us with more carbon costs,…
A Hawkes Bay project aimed at cutting nitrogen losses has provided challenges and lessons for its farmers involved.
Plantain could ‘save’ some Manawatu dairy farmers faced with cutting nitrogen losses from pasture by 60%, comments DairyNZ.
Soil moisture is now decreasing nationwide but Fonterra’s latest Global Dairy Update shows milk collection was up 4% to December 31.
Balclutha's troubled Telford agricultural training institution has been thrown a one-year lifeline by the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), Invercargill.
OPINION: We all know that overuse of fertiliser harms the environment, but that shouldn’t mean fertiliser becomes a dirty word.
OPINION: Volatility? What volatility? Farmers are asking as global dairy prices rose for the fifth consecutive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction last week.
Farmers’ confidence is at its lowest since 2009 and it’s mostly due to the new Government, says National’s Agriculture spokesperson Nathan Guy.
New Zealand brands are at the centre of infant formula shortages in Australia supermarkets.
Kiwi agritech start-up Halter, in Auckland, expects to commercially launch its GPS-enabled cow collars in April.
Changes driven by computer scientists in the agri-food sector are creating new opportunities for New Zealand farmers.
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Fonterra is backing a farmer-led project to protect water quality in Bay of Plenty lakes.
The South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) will this year be bigger and more diverse than ever, the organisers say.
Darfield farmer Peter Abrahamson was a fan of fertigation (fertilisation of crops and pasture by liquids fed through irrigation systems) even before he could irrigate.
The Ministry for Primary Industries has ramped up its efforts to contain the invasive weed velvetleaf.
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