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High alert for Food and Mouth

Biosecurity New Zealand are implementing new biosecurity measures as direct flights from Indonesia resume.

Biosecurity New Zealand says it has implemented revised border measures to manage any possible threat of foot and mouth disease (FMD) from air passengers arriving directly from Bali.

Getting ready for mating

To help maximise ewe ovulation, ewes should be going to the ram at an optimum body condition score of over 3 and on a rising plane of nutrition.

Rams are getting ready to fulfil their life’s purpose as mating gets underway around the country.

Facing the FE problem

A RAT test aimed at early detection of facial eczema may help manage a disease that costs the economy millions each year.

A rapid antigen test (RAT) aimed at early detection of facial eczema (FE) in ruminants may help manage a disease that costs the New Zealand economy millions of dollars each year.

Sensor on tractor helps drive down N use

The Yara N-sensor fitted to the roof of Roscoe Taggart’s tractor allows him to apply the precise amount of nitrogen required for his crops which has resulted in significant savings on fertiliser costs while also reducing his environmental impact.

North Canterbury farmer Roscoe Taggart has reduced his use of nitrogen fertiliser by approximately 80 kilograms this season through trialling a Yara N sensor.

Confidence bounce back

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris.

Rabobank's latest Rural Confidence survey has found that while farmers' sentiments are still in deeply negative territory, they have crept up from historic lows in late 2022.

Digital currency on the rise

Farmers could benefit from a proposed digital currency usable during a temporary disruption to network connections as experienced in Hawke's Bay in February.

A longtime friend who has never let me down

OPINION: I hope this finds things well at your place today.

OPINION: I am sure most people would have heard the old saying regards “Nero fiddling while Rome Burnt”. Well this is in my opinion a classic case of the minister fiddling while the Coromandel Peninsula is rapidly dying. I believe his Waka (NZ Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi) is sinking.

Editorial: Will National make farming great again?

National Party leader Christopher Luxon.

OPINION: The National Party’s election pitch to farmers will likely bring much joy to a primary sector that feels drained by over-regulation, labour shortages, rising interest rates, inflation, and the terrible woes of a series of climatic disasters.