Half A Brain
OPINION: When Donald Trump returned to the White House, many people with half a brain could see the results for…
Dairy
Milk supply volumes boosted almost 10% in March 2021 YOY.
Fonterra's board and management are on the road to discuss capital structure options with farmer shareholders.
Fuelchief has expanded its range with the recent purchase of the Ashburton-based Sebco fuel storage business.
It is out with the young and in with the old at the board of meat company Silver Fern Farms Co-operative (SFF).
Rural Women New Zealand recently appointed Gabrielle O'Brient as its new chief executive.
Climate change activists, who believe NZ is going to hell in a handcart due to the methane emissions from the country's livestock population, will be delighted to learn that these numbers have fallen dramatically.
Lifting the tempo of trade talks with the United Kingdom is one thing, but it's the final deal that matters most to New Zealand's agricultural sector.
Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the word he's getting from the meat exporters is that one of their most time consuming tasks is logistics.
Next month, New Zealand kiwifruit growers will get a chance to say yes or no to a Zespri proposal for one-year trial to grow SunGold kiwifruit in China.
Many of the country’s meat coolstores are either packed to capacity or nearing full capacity due to the shortage of containers.
More...
Hamish Craw's farm on the rugged north-east slopes of Banks Peninsula normally carries 3,500 stock units, but it is now down to fewer than 2,000 as the district’s worst drought in decades continues to bite.
As the autumn dry begins to really bite along most of the South Island’s east coast, farmers are being urged to act now to mitigate the impacts heading into winter.
Seddon farmer and Marlborough drought committee member Warwick Lissaman says total destocking and going fishing may seem like the best option for some of Marlborough’s drought-hit farmers.
“It's just a bitch.” That’s how one farmer in Hawke’s Bay summed up the drought that is affecting much of the region.
The Hound
Inconvenient Truths
OPINION: Media trust has tanked because of what media's more woke members do and say.
» Connect with Rural News
Popular Reads
Fonterra Announces Interim Leadership Changes Ahead of Richard Allen CEO Transition
Fonterra has announced interim changes to the leadership of its Global Ingredients business.
$120m Tōrea Orchard Development to Produce 116 Million Apples in Mid-Canterbury
A large-scale modern orchard development in coastal Mid-Canterbury is expected to eventually produce 116 million apples a year from 900,000…
$3B Urea Plant To Be Built In Southland
New Zealand’s reliance on imported urea could soon be a thing of the past.
