The 2023 kiwifruit harvest season has kicked off with growers bracing for lower yield and poor quality fruit.

The recent presentation of a cheque for $4,500 to the Rural Support Trust, was the result of the Fieldays’ inaugural Tractor Racing Experience that replaced the usual tractor pulling competition.

Use of cow monitoring collars is on the rise, with about 700,000 of New Zealand’s 4.9 million cows in milk now thought to be fitted with them – about 14% of the national milking herd.

The whole horticultural sector has been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, with words such devastation and almost dystopian being used.

Dairy farmers could save more than a billion dollars over a decade by incorporating plantain into their pastures.

Farmers want the Government to deploy the army to deter crime in rural areas of Coromandel, East Cape and Hawke's Bay.

A Massey University veterinarian student has been crowned the Taranaki Manawatu FMG Young Farmer of the Year.

Images of Graeme McNabb’s farm on the West Coast will soon be hitting supermarket shelves around the world.

The country's second largest milk processor is not rushing to lift its milk price forecast despite a rise in global dairy prices.

Loss of power supply remains the biggest issue facing many Northland farmers.