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Environmental concerns prompt changes

Bryce Lupton discusses his farming regime with attendees at a recent BLNZ environmental field day.

Concerns about the sensitive environment of the Kaipara Harbour prompted the top-performing drystock unit Te Opu to transition from sheep and beef breeding to a successful unit finishing bulls and lambs.

Challenges and opportunities in the future of food

AgResearch chief executive Tom Richardson.

The future of food – especially the emergence of ‘synthetic foods’ and what this might mean for New Zealand as a major food producer – has been prominent in media and barbecue conversations this summer.

A vine time to take the helm

The kiwifruit industry is progressive and developing rapidly, says Stu Hutchings, who takes over as chief executive of Kiwifruit Vine Health (KVH) in March.

Water quality project wins funding

A project to put fine-grained environmental mapping into the hands of farmers has been awarded one of the larger amounts in the latest round of Sustainable Farming Fund grants.

Dairy farmers are spending - LIC

Dairy farmers buoyed by higher forecast milk payout are spending more on artificial breeding, says LIC.

Taupo farmers tackle environmental problems head-on

Mike Barton describes it as “incredibly confronting” being told farming was polluting the lake.

It was “incredibly confronting” for Taupo farmers to be told in about 2000 that their farms were polluting the lake and they would probably have to go, says Mike Barton, of Glen Emmreth Farm at Lake Taupo.

Rural Women renew call for bus signs

Rural Women NZ is renewing their call for mandatory signage and flashing lights on school buses.

As schools return this week, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is renewing their call for mandatory signage and flashing lights on school buses.

Students eye opportunities in ag sector

Rabobank agri-leadership participants Jacinda Baker Singh, Monique Mellow, Anthony Foy, Luke Geange take part in an exercise during the course.

Many young people, especially from urban backgrounds, don’t realise how broad the opportunities are in the rural sector, says Waikato University agribusiness and marketing student Celine Walters.

Tourists tax rural sector’s patience

Rural Women NZ national president Fiona Gower.

Farmers are in the poo again – the human kind, and they are sick of it.

Farming’s appalling death rate

Agriculture is the industry with the highest number of workplace fatalities – about 124 deaths since 2011, says WorkSafe chief executive Nicole Rosie.