Overseer Limited has appointed Jill Gower as its new chief executive.

Fonterra is the major exporter of specialty cheeses from NZ. This goes to Australia, Japan and the Pacific Islands.

Outgoing Federated Farmers national board member Chris Lewis took out the Primary Industry Champion award in Auckland last night.

While most farmers are always happy to ‘recycle’ used tyres by using them on top of a silage stack, these don’t make much of a hole in the total number produced in New Zealand every year.

The year 2022 marks 35 years of manufacturer Claas fitting rubber tracks and 25 years of utilising its own design.

New fruit packing technology – developed by a NZ company – is said to be dramatically reducing packhouse labour needs.

Metabolic diseases primarily affect ewes in late pregnancy and sometimes early lactation. These can have a huge economic impact on a farming operation - especially if there are large losses of capital stock. In the first of two articles, we take a look at pregnancy toxaemia.

Christchurch-based Agritech company, Onside, has secured a $4 million grant from MPI to help develop biosecurity technology, which it claims can effectively predict where biosecurity incursions are likely to occur.

Over the past few years, the Government has worked with the agriculture industry to develop a pricing system for greenhouse gas emissions. 

"Climate change and how quickly it's happening is the biggest challenge for us," says Trevor Johnson, owner of Paparata Station owner - 50km west of Taumarunui.