This year's Central Otago cherry picking season looks like being about a week earlier than usual.

ANYTHING GOOD for Australia is in the long run good for New Zealand. That’s the reaction of Trade Minister Tim Groser to the news that Australia has signed a free trade agreement with China, and to speculation that their FTA with China is better than NZ’s, especially regarding dairy products.

Blueberries are likely to have a bumper season as the warmer El Niño weather pattern arrives in New Zealand ahead of peak blueberry season in mid-January.

South Canterbury farmer and former Federated Farmers Meat and Wool chair Miles Anderson was recently elected in a landslide as Waitaki's new MP.

New research out of Massey University suggests that the concept of an urban/rural divide may not be accurate.

"We are open for business."

The first of the last asparagus to be grown in NZ will be coming on the market soon.

For Kiwifruit growers globally, climate change is the number one issue.

Claas has closed the gap in the DISCO 9200/9300 and the DISCO 1100 wide mower ranges, with the arrival of the new 9700 range triple set up.

In agriculture, the emphasis for the last 150 years has been on using technology to know more about orchards, fields, and crops, which has been great, according to Watermetrics.