Agricultural and environmental consultant, Louis Batley, has been named as the FarmIQ Systems Emerging Rural Professional of the Year for 2024, the top contender in a field of highly impressive and talented nominees.

Entries for the 2024 Sustainable Business Awards are now open, with new categories.

Taranaki Regional Council is working to eradicate pest plants from 570 sites around the region – about three times as many as six years ago.

Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says updates to the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme have been made to ensure New Zealand has a more credible market.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is expanding a scholarship programme for tertiary students as part of its efforts to boost on-the-ground support for farmers and growers.

A traumatic brain injury by a Taranaki worker has led to the first sentencing of a consultancy under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Lincoln University says a more food-secure system would give Kiwis greater access to food while meeting export targets.

Agriculture Minister Todd McClay says the hard-working men and women of rural New Zealand are playing their part to help rebuild the economy.

Alliance Group has launched a new $16 million warehouse technology system at its Lorneville plant near Invercargill.

Fertiliser co-operative Ballance’s revenue and gross profit tumbled last year as the co-op prioritised passing on price and cost savings to customers through the year.

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