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Glyphosate use under review?

The EPA is deciding whether there are grounds to reassess the use of the herbicide glyphosate in NZ.

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is deciding whether there are grounds to reasses the use of the herbicide glyphosate in NZ.

Workshops to help farmers plan for the big dry

Alison Forbes says farmers need to take heed of NIWA’s warning of a drought.

In the light of a possible drought due to El Nino - particularly along the East Coast of the North Island - Beef + Lamb NZ is busy running workshops to help farmers in the region to cope with any eventuality.

Preparing for drought!

Clayton Station farmer Hamish Orbell says alongside his management practices, it’s his friends, family and farming community that support him through drought. Photo: Supplied

As rain pours down on David Birkett's Leeston arable farm, he takes a sigh of relief ahead of the predicted dry summer.

Farmer confidence hits a new record low

Rabobank New Zealand country banking general manager Bruce Weir.

Rabobank's latest rural confidence survey shows a minus 72% confidence reading - eclipsing last June’s historic minus 57% - the lowest in the survey’s 20-year history.

Hawke's Bay farms slowly on the mend

Six months on from devastating floods, following Cyclone Gabrielle, many farms in the Hawke’s Bay are starting to come right.

For many farmers in cyclone ravaged Hawke's Bay things are starting to come right, according to AgFirst farm consultant Lochie MacGillivray.

Is the worst over?

The most recent GDT auction recorded its fourth straight price rise last week.

The worst of the current dairy price cycle may be over, claims Westpac senior agricultural economist Nathan Penny.

More farmer representation

Ruawai dairy farmer and returning ACT MP Mark Cameron is happy about the high number of farmers in the new Parliament.

Dairy boss backs HWEN

New DairyNZ chief executive Campbell Parker expects his and other industry-good bodies will continue to work with the incoming government on emissions pricing.

DairyNZ's new chief executive Campbell Parker says the dairy sector should take lessons from the stalled primary sector climate action partnership He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) and move forward.

Heat on methane!

The Methane Science Accord is backed by a number of prominent farmers and others.

A recently formed pressure group is upping its campaign against any implementation of a methane tax.

Ford goes full throttle for rural sports

Reuben Alabaster, 2023 Youth Award Winner, receiving a handshake from Kieran McAnulty with Fonterra representative Luke McKee in the background.

Palmerston North is set to rumble with the power and excitement of rural sports this coming March, as Ford New Zealand takes pole position as the naming rights sponsor of the illustrious Ford New Zealand Rural Sports Awards.