John Perrin Scholarship recipients Ashleigh van Uffelen, Palmerston North, and Abbey Dowd, South Waikato, are proof that you don't need to be born and bred on a farm to have a passion for the industry and dreams of shaping its future.

My wife and I recently travelled to England to attend a family wedding in rural Kent.

Organisers of the 2023 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are hoping for a record number of entries.

New Zealand's wider agriculture sector is full of smart, diverse leaders who, with more formal governance training, can go toe-to-toe with the independent directors of the country's major agri businesses.

OPINION: The Government can crow about its 'major effort' to upgrade capacity on congested rural broadband networks but the reality on the ground is different.

One of Australia's last remaining dairy co-operatives has closed its ice cream factory and sent staff home eight months after devastating floods ripped through its operations.

Following a 10-month trial on its Te Rapa Smart Farm, Fonterra has given a big tick to a new organic, low-cost, safe, sustainable and long-life battery that could deliver greater energy security and distributed electricity generation for New Zealand.

Fonterra's outgoing chief financial officer Marc Rivers believes the co-operative is starting a new and exciting chapter.

Back in 1890, a young Italian stepped off the boat at Ellis Island on the way to his new life in California.

Clive Paton and Phyll Pattie have a knack of knowing when something feels just right.