John Roche, chief science advisor at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), reckons despite all the local and international challenges facing the New Zealand farming sector, it has a lot of positives going for it.

Around 800 people are getting ready to head to Whangārei for the three-day FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final.

Businesses without a wellbeing programme are more likely to see employees leave, according to new research.

Local company Inflex International claims to have made the job of inline dispensing of water medication a whole lot easier.

Power Farming has announced an upcoming addition to its Deutz Fahr tractor range in the shape of the new 6C Series.

Cost effective data exchange has become a reality with the Pӧttinger Connect telemetry unit providing access to the world of networked data, looking after the functions for controlling, recording and transmitting data of ISOBUS-controlled machines

Krone front mounted mowers have become increasingly popular with users who recognise the versatility and output increase when such machines are used in tandem with rear units, or alone where they allow cutting sensitive crops before being run over by tractor wheels.

Described as the Swiss army knife of tractors, built in Finland, the 5th generation G Series comes in G105, G115, G125E and G135 models.

The Government has committed an investment of $4 million over four years to expand a biosecurity readiness and response app developed by Onside Ltd.

Putting a vineyard stream back on course is just one of the ways Yealands is mitigating its environmental impacts, says its General Manager of Sustainability Michael Wentworth.