Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
A New Zealand-developed genetically modified ryegrass has reached an important milestone, entering a full growing trial in the US.
South Canterbury deer farmer Joshua Brook has won a prestigious trans-Tasman award for 2018.
Compliance is growing more intense and complicated, worrying hill-country sheep and beef farmers in the central North Island.
ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny is predicting another cut to the payout — this time the 2018-19 forecast payout.
Fonterra farmers are putting their co-op on notice over the decision to reduce milk price and not to pay any more dividend this year.
Farmers should seize the opportunity to join a Red Meat Profit Partnership action group if they want to improve their profitability.
The sound heard emanating from the provinces this past month is a collective sigh of relief for what promises to be a new era in farm debt mediation; and it almost didn’t happen.
Agriculture minister Damien O’Connor says horticulture offers a pathway to a better future for thousands of Kiwis.
Māori are making a major move to horticulture as opposed to the more traditional sheep and beef sectors.
After little movement in wages in recent years, people working in primary industries have made gains in what they earn, according to the latest Federated Farmers Rabobank Remuneration Survey.
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Kiwifruit industry leader Peter McBride has won horticulture’s premier award, the Bledisloe Cup, at this year’s Horticulture Conference.
New Zealand must get beyond seeing its agri sector as ‘gumboots in the mud’ and portray itself as a high value-food producer using innovative technologies.
Thousands of Kiwi drone and e-bike owners are being warned to check their insurance policies.
Australian farmers are unhappy with the US Government’s US$12 billion in new subsidies to farmers caught up in trade wars triggered by President Trump.
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