New rules fall short of delivering a level playing field when overseas investors buy New Zealand farmland for forestry, farmers say.

New Zealand wool scourer WoolWorks will contribute $2.4 million over the next three years to support the new industry good organisation Wool Impact Ltd.

Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT) chair Linda Cooper has stepped down after three years serving the charitable trust.

Ag Work NZ, a work placement initiative, aims to fill New Zealand’s farm worker and tractor driver shortages.

Nominations are now open for the 26th Environment Southland Community awards.

The AgriKidsNZ Grand Final is expected to be a hot competition, with 63 competitors all battling it out for the national title in Whangarei from the 7th to 8th July.

Predator Free 2050 Limited has appointed Rob Forlong as its new chief executive.

A Hastings man has been banned from owning livestock for five years and fined $7,800 after failing to provide 26 cattle with sufficient food, resulting in two of them dying and two being euthanised to prevent further suffering.

Former Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy has been appointed the new chairman of the Meat Industry Association (MIA) following the retirement of current chairman John Loughlin from the role.

Data released this week by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 50 fewer farm sales for the three months ended May 2022 than for the same period in 2021.

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