A new partnership to try and help solve the labour shortage gap for rural contractors in both NZ and the UK has recently been established.

Any young fella with a Ford 5000 and an 80-inch Howard Rotovator can’t fail to be impressed by a slightly larger combination that recently set new record by cultivating 770ha in 24 hours.

Electric cars and big American trucks can both bring a little anxiety, but for different reasons.

A key factor in the dramatic failure of commonly used triple drenches is that these are not effective on 27% of New Zealand sheep farms.

Tomatoes New Zealand is encouraging NZ consumers to buy local and support New Zealand tomato growers.

Dr Annette Richardson has been acknowledged for her work in exploring budbreak – a crucial stage in the growth cycle of kiwifruit.

T&G Global recently unveiled the first commercial planting of its newest global premium apple variety Joli at one of the company's Hawke's Bay orchards.

One of the ways Beef+Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is working to support farmers in addressing the challenges they face is through our extensive research and development (R&D) programmes.

OPINION: Rural News' article Putting Meat on the Bone (September 26) set out the NZ red meat sector's call for agriculture and the production and export of beef and lamb to be put at the heart of a new economic strategy, as well as the need for critical changes to some of the environmental policies that have been rolled out over the last few years.

Angus NZ says it has identified a real 'yearning for learning' within rural New Zealand.