OPINION: Fonterra farmers finally know the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of their co-operative’s much hyped Scope 3 emissions target.

OPINION: On their second date, my mother, then 17, told my father that she was a socialist. His response was that he was a conservative, so that would mean that their children would be liberals!

Fonterra is taking another step in leveraging its expertise in probiotics by partnering with an Irish research centre.

Canterbury-based Vantage New Zealand has recently acquired Carrfields soil moisture technology and services business.

At next week’s Agritechnica Event – in Hanover, Germany – Amazone will showcase several tweaks to its sprayer line-up, alongside the arrival of some new additions.

A working group, made up of agribusiness leaders, has been set up to help New Zealand remain internationally competitive in genetic gain.

There's an air of anticipation and excitement around February's East Coast Farming Expo - especially with the announcement of the speakers.

OPINION: Irrespective of where you fall on the human-induced-global-warming spectrum - alarmist or sceptic - there is one thing we should all be 100% sure about.

South Auckland kiwifruit grower, Brett Wheeler, jokes that some of the companion plants in his 13-hectare effective Glenbrook orchards are so large he has to take to them with a chainsaw.

OPINION: Research out of Massey University claims the concept of an urban/rural divide may not be entirely accurate.