The benchmark index of international food commodity prices rose in April for the first time in a year, amid increases in world quotations for sugar, meat and rice, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor is defending the time it's taking to produce a long-term recovery package for Hawke's Bay.

A free trade agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and the UK comes into force on May 31.

Dairy industry leader Jim van der Poel still believes farmers going into an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will be "a stupid thing".

What started 15 years ago as "pottering around" has developed into a nice award-winning business for Wairarapa lavender grower Jan Abernethy.

Frustration and anger has reached boiling point among Hawke's Bay horticulturists at the lack of action by the Government in dealing with the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery operation.

The Yummy Fruit Company is one of Hawke's Bay's most established orchards, owned by the Paynter family, who came to the region in 1904, after initially running their operation in Nelson.

Donna Cram, a fourth-generation dairy farmer from Taranaki, has been named the 2023 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.

Waikato farmer and AB technician Rachel Usmar is the 2023 Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) Regional Leader of the Year.

Massey Ferguson has announced the arrival of the MF1800 and MF2800 compact tractors, said to be premium workhorses built on a reputation for nimble, versatile, and reliable performance.