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Limmer moving on from SFF

Outgoing chief executive Simon Limmer will remain involved with SFF in a strategic role in the future.

Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer is leaving the meat company and moving into the wine sector.

NZ JV to help with reducing carbon footprint

AgriZeroNZ is a partnership comprised of MPI and several NZ agribusiness entities such as Fonterra and Rabobank.

Agribusiness and government joint venture AgriZeroNZ has recently invested $4.1 million into a US-based start-up aiming to reduce methane while improving cow health.

Helping to make carbon farming easier

Landowners are missing out on millions of dollars in carbon credits because of the hassle in becoming carbon farmers.

Environment Minister labels protest group 'dinosaurs'

Environment Minister David Parker has labelled members of rural ginger group Groundswell NZ as “dinosaurs”.

Shaw bags HWEN

James Shaw claims there were myths being spread surrounding the issue of the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Green Party co-leader James Shaw doesn’t believe the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) Climate Action Partnership proposal will work.

National promises to fee up on farm water storage

National leader Chris Luxon says his party wants to make water storage on farmland a permitted activity.

An incoming National government will abolish resource consents for building water storage on farmland.

Let farmers farm!

Fed Farmers president Wayne Langford says farmers want government policies that give them the confidence to invest, grow and get on with farming.

Federated Farmers has set out what it calls the rural roadmap that it wants the next government to implement.

Forewarned is forearmed

Nationwide agricultural consultancy firm AgFirst has taken the initiative early on to have plans in place and tools available to help farmers prepare for drought.

Moving into drought mode

Beef + Lamb NZ is busy running a series of events and webinars aimed at ensuring farm profitability in the light of the impending drought.

Planning underway for potential big dry

Land that turned to mud during Cyclone Gabrielle will be in danger of turning into concrete if the forecast drought comes.

Major players in the primary sector are mobilising ahead of predictions that the country is about to be hit by potentially one of the country's worst droughts. Peter Burke reports...