Keeping healthy and safe during vintage 2026

Arable growers worried that some weeds in their crops may have developed herbicide resistance can now get the suspected plants tested for free.

OPINION: In the 2023 election, 77.5% of the 3.69 million people eligible to vote took the privilege of making their wishes known about the governance of New Zealand.

Moving Day is a big day in the farming calendar and requires good planning and communication to ensure success.

The new year signals with the hum of activity ramping up on the vineyard and in the winery, as vintage 2024 gets underway.

Measuring soil carbon sequestration by grapevines is just one of the projects proposed for an experimental greenhouse vineyard in Blenheim.

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has classified severe weather that impacted farmers in the Top-of-the-South and the Far North District as a medium-scale adverse event.

Given that New Zealand farmers are being expected to improve their environmental footprint, some trials in the UK around under-sowing in growing forage maize crops may have some benefits here too, particularly in the south.

OPINION: Recent episodes of Fair Go have highlighted the difficulties a number of rural people have in getting access to quality, reliable broadband and how tough this makes their lives.

Q: What does sustainability mean?