A national pest management plan to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) will come into effect by the end of this year.

A group of year 5 Swannanoa School students saw their yearlong native seedling project come to fruition when they planted their seedlings at Brian and Rosemary Whyte’s Swannanoa farm in North Canterbury last month.

Rural trader Farmlands is expanding its footprint in the North Island.

During the last seven years, over 5000 native seedlings have been planted as part of Waimakariri Irrigation’s biodiversity project.

OPINION: Collaboration between farmers and industry innovators will be at the heart of helping New Zealand’s red meat sector move forward from one of its toughest years since the Global Financial Crisis.

OPINION: There was an extra spring in the step of farmers at the Fieldays last week.

OPINION: After six years of being passed over for every Arts luvvie in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, agriculture has finally got some overdue recognition with the 2024 King’s Honours list bestowing gongs on some of our finest.

OPINION: Reactions to Budgets are always predictable, following well-worn tracks laid down by political tribalism and ideology.

OPINION: Fonterra's decision to exit the ‘value-add’ game and sell its consumer brands business seems to have been met with more cheers than jeers, although some commentators are wary of the strategy to simplify.

OPINION: The old saying ‘Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die’ seems to apply to the wailing coming from public service entities facing cuts under the new Government’s belt tightening.

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