Thoughts of healthy waterways get Dr Belinda Margetts out of bed in the morning.

IrrigationNZ submitted a briefing last month to the new Government this week on how water capture, storage, and efficient use can grow economic prosperity, support New Zealand's exports, and ensure long term regional resilience. Here's part of what Vanessa Winning, chief executive of IrrigationNZ, said:

OPINION: We hope the Green Party and its supporters are taking notice.

The New Zealand Dairy Event (NZDE), underway this week in Fielding, is pushing hard to become the country’s premier show destination for dairy cattle.

Ask Amber Carpenter about dairy farming and you'll hear the passion in her voice as she answers.

While dairy remains the biggest export earner for the NZ primary sector, it is facing some challenges in the coming two years.

Following two consecutive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) price rises this year, overall prices now sit at their highest since June 2023.

The absence of Chinese processors at dairy auctions is failing to keep global prices down.

Having acquired the distribution rights for the German Horsch brand earlier in the year, Carrfields took the opportunity to showcase the products at a Feilding farmers day late last year.

Warm summer weather heightens the risk of flystrike.