OPINION: Every year growers and wineries have thousands of Pacific workers in their vineyards, performing time-sensitive tasks critical to the viability of our industry.

It is critical that the 'win-wins' the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme was set up achieve are strengthened for the workers, businesse and communities involved.

Biosecurity New Zealand is warning farmers that those who don’t keep accurate NAIT records put others at risk and can hinder efforts to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis).

The new JCB TM 420S telescopic wheeled loader boasts the most powerful engine in the category, an eight-speed powershift transmission with torque converter lock-up in all forward and reverse gears.

Over the next several weeks, farmers will be weaning their lambs and probably drenching.

Gisborne farming couple Matt and Megan Humphreys have helped shape the development of a farmer wellbeing assessment tool.

When Craig Wiggins stepped into the health and wellbeing space, little did he know that a few short years later he would be travelling the length and breadth of the country and saving lives.

Thanks to modern camera systems, mechanical weed control using Steketee hoeing machines can now be precise and efficient, with improved control and row detection achieved with a second camera.

Mike Casey, owner of the world’s first zero fossil fuel orchard, shared his journey to fully electrify his six-hectare orchard at the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch in November.

Earlier this year Equal Employment Opportunities commissioner Saunoamaali’i Dr Karanina Sumeo raised a red flag over the experience of migrant labour in Marlborough’s wine industry.