Former Southland Federated Farmers chair and high country farmer Geoffrey Young wants to topple Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison.

New Zealand’s top food and fibre sector employers are being called on to enter the 2023 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

The first new varieties from a joint New Zealand – Vietnam dragon fruit breeding programme are set to be launched to the global marketplace.

New Zealand exported $11.4 billion worth of red meat during 2022, but high global prices eased towards the end of the year, according to analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA).

With roughly 72,000 tons of grapes dropped from New Zealand vineyards each summer, the wine industry could be tapping into a verjuice income stream, says a sensory expert.

Small autonomous robots are being trialled as bird deterrents across Marlborough this growing season as the developer looks to demonstrate their utility in the role.

A dry lead up to spring slowed early canopy growth in North Canterbury vineyards, while cool and wet weather impacted flowering, says Greystone Viticulturist Mike Saunders, who is “cautiously optimistic” in the lead up to vintage.

Great things come in small packages, says Rosie Finn, from the midst of a small vineyard in one of New Zealand’s smallest wine regions.

Nelson grape growers escaped the rain pressure faced by many wine regions in the first few weeks of the new year.

The EasyCut B 950 Collect is a non-conditioning mower with 450mm merger augers, said to be ideal for tall crops such as ryegrass, or more delicate crops such as lucerne, that may usually cause blockages or damage when put through a conditioner mower.