After record breaking cold for some regions at the start of 2025 (I'm looking at you Wairarapa), there has been a steady improvement in temperatures across the country through March, and then record-breaking warmth for many parts of New Zealand during April.

OPINION: Soon New Zealand farmers will be asked to know their greenhouse gas (GHG) number. There are a vast number of GHG calculators available, all giving a different answer and none of them allowing for your pasture to be viewed as a CO2 ‘sequesterer’.

Avocado growers are reporting a successful season, but some are struggling to keep their operations afloat following years of bad weather.

It's time to start talking up science again, especially as a career for young people. That's one of the key messages from the Prime Minister's new chief science advisor, Dr John Roche.

Horticulture and commercial vegetable growers in particular stand to be major beneficiaries of radical proposals by government to make sweeping changes to RMA regulations.

Coby Warmington, 29, a farm manager at Waima Topu Beef near Hokianga was named at the winner of the 2025 Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer Award for sheep and beef.

Northlanders scooped the pool at this year's prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy Awards - winning both the main competition and the young Maori farmer award.

A fundraiser dinner held in conjunction with Fieldays raised over $300,000 for the Rural Support Trust.

The New Zealand Winegrowers Sustainability Report 2025 takes the pulse of the industry’s progress with sustainability.

OPINION: An article caught my eye recently, claiming that millennials are increasingly turning to handmade, artisanal products.