A YOUNG inventor will return to Fieldays this week hoping to find and thank people who last year encouraged him to develop a now-patented tool.

Primary sector export revenue is expected to decline in 2012/13, a Ministry for Primary Industries report shows.

A commitment to maintaining land and resources for future generations was a strong theme at Saturday's final of the prestigious 2012 Ahuwhenua Trophy – Bank of New Zealand Maori Excellence in Farming competition which was won by the Kapenga M Trust from Rotorua.

Fonterra-owned Tip Top Ice Cream has taken out supreme award at the 2012 New Zealand ice cream awards.

The three winners of the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are attending the National Agricultural Fieldays to promote the awards programme, meet with sponsors and find new ideas and technologies to assist their businesses.

RUNNING THE National Fieldays is a 365-day business, says chief executive Jon Calder.

A TAF ‘no’ vote no longer carries the threat of Government intervention.

AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.

NEGOTIATIONS ON the Government’s biosecurity response agreement is far from over, says Horticulture New Zealand president Andrew Fenton.

“PLEASE HELP us” is the impassioned plea from Te Puke kiwifruit grower Rob Thode, who says growers feel abandoned.