Some farmers in the Nelson region are facing up to five years of hard work to repair their damaged properties caused by the recent devastating floods.

Fieldays 2025 opens this week with organisers saying the theme, 'Your Place', highlights the impact the event has on agriculture both in the Southern Hemisphere and across the globe.

As rain bucketed down on their Marlborough vineyard in May, Bridget Ennals and Steve Pellett pulled on gumboots and coats for a stroll around the vines.

With two months until National Fieldays at Mystery Creek, organisers say 90% of sites have been booked by exhibitors.

You cannot go far in farming without encountering fasteners such as nuts and bolts, given that expensive plant, machinery and buildings are held together by them and your gates would not fill gateways if they were missing.

Dairy and beef farmers could be eligible for lower interest lending options for financing Halter on their farms, with ANZ, ASB and BNZ now offering a pathway to sustainability loans for New Zealand’s largest virtual fencing provider.

The mood in the deer industry is very positive and on an upwards trajectory.

A recent community-led event in Ruatoria provided aid for farmers and communities still grappling with the aftermath of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle.

Police in the Waitematā North district are urging landowners to ensure their fences are secure after several complaints about wandering stock.

'Tried and tested for more than 15 years’ was a phrase that came to mind when an ex-dairy farmer in Taranaki decided to set up a fencing business in the Manawatu and had a post rammer on the shopping list.