A question many strong wool growers have heard is why, for all its strengths and the push for wool products, is wool considered almost worthless? There is one big flaw in that question: wool isn’t almost worthless, it is an active drain on farmers’ businesses. Leo Argent looks at how the strong wool industry came to be where it is today and whether it can make a comeback.

The Trans-Tasman battle for naming rights for mānuka honey continues as - after an initial withdrawal - Kiwi honey advocates have filed for a replacement application in the UK and EU.

Attendees of the upcoming World Avocado Congress NZ 2023 can expect to be challenged by keynote speaker Eric Imbert.

What started as a little Waikato butter factory in 1886 is now Fonterra’s largest global consumer brand.

A pre-Fieldays dash down to Te Kuiti in the rolling south west of the Waikato gave Dairy News a chance to catch up with New Zealand shearing legend Sir David Fagan and get his views on his latest side by side/UTV.

The campaign to eradicate cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis could soon be handed over to Ospri.

When it comes to small talk, Rob Agnew has no end of material.

The dairy sector has once again come to the rescue of New Zealand Inc by earning a record $22 billion for the year ended June 2022 and is set to earn an additional billion dollars in a year's time.

A Kiwi-made technology platform is giving a Bay of Plenty orchard manager the edge when it comes to weather forecasting and managing pests and diseases on his property.

After two years of Covid chaos, many growers and wineries will have entered 2022 hoping for a better, more ‘normal’ 12 months ahead.