Power Farming Launches Southland Joint Venture
Power Farming has launched a joint venture in Southland.
Waikato companies Power Farming and the Good George Brewing Company got together during Fieldays...
They brought smiles to cockies' and stockies' faces, and they brought Mystery Creek buzz to Hamilton's CBD.
Power Farming commissioned the Frankton brewer to create a limited edition batch of Power Farming Pilsner.
And the brewer created the Power Farming 'HQ bar' at the entrance to Sky City on Victoria Street, also with a selection of the latest and greatest tractors for farmers and the public to drool over.
Power Farming marketing director Brett Maber says the company knows it's pretty tough out there and that everyone is having to work a bit harder.
"We have been and will be here for the long haul and so also farmers. We'd like to say thanks to our loyal customers, some of whom have ties going back to my grandfather in 1947."
Dr Scott Champion, Foundation for Arable Research chief executive, says that everyone in the supply chain had a role to play in driving the sector's long-term success.
The Minister for Rural Communities, Mark Patterson, says there's a massive infrastructure deficit in rural areas.
New Zealand's red meat and fifth-quarter exports reached $867 million in August, up 23% on the same month last year, as stronger returns lifted earnings across all major markets.
State farmer Pāmu is bracing for a $30 million hit from soaring farm input costs this financial year.
Flat pricing in the face of significant increases in costs is the greatest problem facing the arable sector, says Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) chief executive Dr Scott Champion.
Entries opened on Monday, 5 October 2026 for the 2027 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA), which organisers describe as the nation's biggest celebration of excellence in the dairy sector.

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