A new online storehouse of maps and data aims to provide a wider variety of land use options for New Zealand’s regions.

The humble muck-spreader has evolved into the technological age, with UK-built Bunning rear discharge spreaders offering a range of options to suit today’s precision farming requirements.

The country’s largest family owned and single-site kiwifruit and avocado post-harvest service provider has signed up to a sustainability linked loan (SLL) with ASB.

Primary sector education and exciting career opportunities will be showcased at the Fieldays Opportunity Grows Here Careers Hub next month.

The Fieldays Forestry Hub will again feature at Mystery Creek in Waikato.

AI is being used to report on samples with high parasite counts ensuring farmers with high FECs (faecal egg counts) receive results within minutes.

OPINION: The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) recently released a report on the state of New Zealand freshwater (“Our Fresh Water 2023”).

OPINION: Government, industry representatives and media always state: “our commentary, policy etc., is science based” and “the science is settled”.

Field days are an integral part of the Ahuwhenua competition as they allow members of the public to come and see how each entity has made it through to the finals of this prestigious contest.

Murray McPhail, founder and director of LeaderBrand, has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to horticulture and the Gisborne region in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List.