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Longest running ag field days all go

SIAFD 2021 will have plenty of displays and machinery demonstrations.

The South Island Agricultural Field Days, held in Kirwee on the outskirts of Christchurch, will celebrate its 70^th year in March 2021 with a bigger demonstration area.

National pledges to remove environment regulations

National Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett.

The Resource Management Act will be repealed and water regulations potentially revoked under a National government.

The growing cost of drench resistance

If the current trend continues, Techion predicts around 40% of NZ farms being impacted by combination drench failure in ten years.

Undetected drench resistance is costing the NZ sheep sector almost $50 million a year — and it may only get worse.

How much of a problem is slow rural internet?

Federated Farmers say many new technologies employed on farms require connectivity.

Federated Farmers’ latest connectivity survey offers a glimpse into how common slow internet is for rural families and businesses.

$50m commitment not enough for farmers — National

Labour’s $50 million commitment to support integrated farm planning will do little for farmers, claims National’s ag spokesperson David Bennett.

New Feds man keen to build

Sixth-generation Wairarapa farmer William Beetham wants his time at Feds to reflect on the legacies of the past and establish new legacies for future generations.

New Feds board member, William Beetham wants the organisation recognised for its significant contributions to NZ farming and society as a whole.

Balance needed between regulation and innovation

Warwick Catto says nitrogen is the fuel that drives large parts of NZ’s export economy.

OPINION: In recent years, New Zealand’s farmers have found themselves subject to increasingly strict rules and regulations.

Consider your vote carefully

Farmers’ Chaplain, Colin Miller on who he's voting for.

Labour commits $50m for farm planning

Labour agriculture spokesperson Damien O’Connor.

Labour is committing $50 million to support integrated farm planning.

Don’t throw cows out with bathwater — Editorial

Some 40,000 cattle have been exported this year with another 28,000 planned to go in the months ahead.

OPINION: The decision by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to impose an immediate halt to live animal exports in the wake the sinking of the Gulf Livestock 1 off the coast of Japan is a sensible move.