A candidate for the upcoming Silver Fern Farms Co-operative board elections says the co-op is going to need continued strong governance to handle the challenges facing farmers.

A new horticulture programme aims to offer practical gardening techniques to help feed family, save money and create a community of like-minded people, says Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (Te Pukenga NMIT).

Strong demand saw Rockit apples launch into markets across the globe, selling out at record prices in 2022, according to apple company Rockit Global.

Growing a wide range of fruit varieties is the key to handling the vagaries of weather and climate for North Canterbury orchardist Paul Tapper.

The chances for a better season for the country’s apple growers is looking good.

For kiwifruit growers in parts of the upper North Island it was a case of watching small streams suddenly becoming raging rivers, with water rising two or three metres high and engulfing entire orchards.

With roughly 72,000 tons of grapes dropped from New Zealand vineyards each summer, the wine industry could be tapping into a verjuice income stream, says a sensory expert.

Great things come in small packages, says Rosie Finn, from the midst of a small vineyard in one of New Zealand’s smallest wine regions.

Nelson grape growers escaped the rain pressure faced by many wine regions in the first few weeks of the new year.

T&G Global and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund further extended their partnership in late December with the sale of T&G's Riwaka orchard in Nelson, to the fund's rural investment manager FarmRight.