Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Farmers on the East Coast are busy trying to get out on their farms and assess and repair the damage caused by the recent storm event.
Another ‘nutty’ idea could lead to a brand-new almond industry in New Zealand.
Beekeepers, honey producers and others from across the apiculture industry will gather at Christchurch’s new convention centre on Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July for the 2022 Apiculture New Zealand Conference and Trade Exhibition.
The final Grand Finalists for the 2022 FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year and AgriKidsNZ competitions have been found at the Northern Regional Final held on Saturday.
Tim Dangen has secured himself the final spot at the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final for Season 54.
New Zealand fresh produce software provider Radford Software has partnered with Australian asparagus producer and distributor Raffa Fields to implement a packhouse system entirely remotely.
Biosecurity New Zealand says it is working with its primary sector partners after a single confirmed egg mass belonging to the moth pest fall armyworm was found in Tauranga.
Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds says the Government’s declaration of a drought in Southland is big on talk, but small on funding support.
Plant & Food Research will be leading a national team of research looking at native honey composition and the characteristics that appeal most to consumers.
Community resilience and land management best-practice in South Canterbury will be bolstered through the Government’s funding of two farmer-led projects, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.
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It's going to be a case of pack your tee-shirts, shorts and thongs - rather than raincoat, umbrella and gumboots - with National Fieldays Society rescheduling the 2022 event from its usual June timeframe, in favour of a late Nov/early Dec timeslot.
Monosem has offered electrically-powered (FEP) planters since late 2017.
EAutoPowr is described as a significant step in John Deere’s journey towards electrification.
Gordon Levet is a Northland sheep farmer and ram breeder who has spent a lifetime breeding sheep for worm resistance and facial eczema (FE) tolerance. He began breeding for worm resistance in 1987, recognising that there was a genetic component to a sheep's ability to tolerate worms and this has shaped his thinking on the issue...
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OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts…
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