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Third reading for hort export bill

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Amendment Bill passing its third reading in Parliament on Tuesday.

New Rural Women president

The new Rural Woman NZ (RWNZ) national president is Fiona Gower from Port Waikato.

ALO lifts its game

Swedish manufacturer ALO, famous for its Quicke and Trima brands, is credited with building the first detachable loader in the late 1950s.

Warm, wet weather may signal FE

FE causes affected stock major skin, liver and production issues.

With NIWA signalling warm, wet conditions across the North Island over December, farmers are being encouraged to take preventive measures against facial eczema (FE).

Funding boost for beef genetics research

Australian and New Zealand beef breeders, farmers and science providers met in Albury-Wodonga this month, as a landmark trans-Tasman collaboration kicked off. The trip included a visit to Wirruna Poll Herefords, a seedstock producer providing bulls to commercial farmers.

New Zealand beef genetics research is about to get a shot in the arm thanks to a landmark trans-Tasman collaboration.

Right advice at the right time pays off

Andrew Hurst and Ravensdown agri manager Hannah Wallace checking the soil.

Mackenzie Country high country farmer Andrew Hurst has not stood still since he took over the lease of two adjoining farms four years ago.

Value or volume – farmer’s choice

Rabobank global strategist Dirk Jan Kennes speaking at the recent ‘Farm2Fork forum in Sydney.

With consumer preferences changing, farmers are faced with a choice between intensive farming with all the technologies.

Goats can save the hill country

The benefits of pastoral goats are largely ignored in New Zealand, but these animals could be, for some hill country farmers, as important for their survival as fertiliser and fencing.

New Zespri head office

The Zespri Board last night approved plans for a new office building on its current site in Mount Maunganui.

Horticulture exporters gain flexibility from law changes

Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) welcomes the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority (HEA) Amendment Bill passed late yesterday, says chief executive Mike Chapman.