Four New Zealand farmers have been selected as finalists in this year’s Zimmatic Trailblazer Sustainable Irrigation Awards.

The future will see a continuation of the trend to fewer and larger farms, most of which will be ‘family corporates’, says AgFirst chief executive James Allen.

Onion exports to the lucrative Indonesian market are resuming after officials negotiated an end to costly pre-export methyl bromide fumigation.

Despite last week’s drop in global dairy prices, consensus is emerging among economists that the season’s milk price will end up near $9/kgMS.

A new technology company has been formed which will help New Zealand’s farmers and primary sector better understand and capitalise on their natural vegetation and biodiversity.

Taupo-based milk processor Miraka has notched another first on sustainability.

Fonterra’s oldest milk processing site – at Edendale, Southland is getting a new $150 million UHT  cream plant.

Since its launch in the late 1960s, nearly 3.5 million Suzuki Jimnys have been sold worldwide, picking up numerous awards along the way.

A relatively young company, founded in Germany in 1977 by Josef Fliegl Senior, the Fliegl Group now employs more than 1100 workers.

Anglers are at loggerheads with an environment group over its plans for a new conservation system.