While the auto industry seems to release new electric or hybrid vehicles almost weekly, agriculture appears to have been left behind. However, a recent visit to Arizona as a guest of CNH Industrial gave Rural News machinery editor Mark Daniel the impression that’s all about to change.

The year is 2010 and Loshni Manikam – co-owner of a Southland farm, wife and mother – tells her husband for the second time that she is unhappy with her life.

Just prior to Christmas, Rural News machinery editor Mark Daniel was a guest of CNH Industrial at its Tech Days held in Phoenix, Arizona. The theme of the event was to look at current and emerging technologies that will play an important part in raising efficiency and reducing operating costs in agriculture, horticulture and viticulture.

Those who take the time to attend the popular two-day gathering can once again expect to come away inspired, invigorated and connected.

There’s a nice dose of serendipity behind an Auckland scientist’s work to ‘upcycle’ grape marc into high-value stock feed using bioprocessing.

A group of South Island farmers say they are about to expand their range after the successful launch of an apparel business based on blending hemp fibre with merino wool.

A record milk payout for this season remains on the cards - but breaking the $10/kgMS ceiling will be a stretch.

OPINION: Like many of you readers will, I remember the collapse of the Soviet Union - the old USSR.

The Covid-19 vintage of 2020 and labour-tight chaser of 2021 were merely a warm-up for 2022, with Omicron's peak running in painful parallel to harvest.

Fonterra has backtracked on an all-male panel discussion to mark International Women’s Day.