Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of the world, and it’s having a damaging impact on the agricultural sector and rural communities.
Dairy industry leader Jim van der Poel still believes farmers going into an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be "a stupid thing".
Frustration and anger has reached boiling point among Hawke's Bay horticulturists at the lack of action by the Government in dealing with the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery operation.
Two months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says it is experiencing high demand from those seeking to access the organisation’s Adverse Events Fund.
Donna Cram, a fourth-generation dairy farmer from Taranaki, has been named the 2023 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.
Waikato farmer and AB technician Rachel Usmar is the 2023 Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) Regional Leader of the Year.
The end of live exports by sea could mark a ‘new dawn’ for animal welfare, both in New Zealand and across the globe.
The National Party claims its new firearms policy will make Kiwis safer, while ensuring they can use firearms for legitimate reasons.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council says the region has received help in its pest control efforts from an online mapping system.
Alliance Group is shifting eastward, introducing its Pure South Handpicked Lamb range to the Malaysian and Singaporean markets.
More...
Ravensdown has launched a new commercialisation entity named Agnition to try and drive innovations needed by farmers and growers.
Nominations have opened for the annual NZ Arable Awards which take place on 10 August 2023, with three new awards up for grabs.
Critics say claims from environmental activist organisation Greenpeace around nitrates in South Island waterways are ‘misleading’ and ‘misinformation’.
DairyNZ chairman Jim van der Poel says science and farmer innovation will once again find solutions to challenges facing the dairy sector.
The Hound
Foot-in-mouth
OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…
» Connect with Rural News
Popular Reads
Open Country Dairy prepares to launch first commercial butter
The country's second largest milk processor hopes to produce its first commercial butter within two months.
Serratia-linked Mastitis a wake-up call for Waikato farmer
Waikato farmer Craig Clausen had an unpleasant experience after an outbreak of mastitis cases on farm, suspected to be caused…
'Grand Alliance' growing grass-fed beef exports to China
Alliance Group and Grand Farm have signed a strategic co-operation agreement with a focus on delivering more premium New Zealand…
