With unpredictable weather patterns and rising costs impacting traditional open-field farming, it's more important than ever to consider new approaches to sustainable agriculture.

Silver Fern Farms Limited (SFF) chief executive Simon Limmer says disruption has played a consistent part during the past three years.

It was a unique Beef+Lamb New Zealand annual general meeting in New Plymouth.

Nothing can prepare a winemaker for the news that they won't be able to undertake vintage due to unforeseen circumstances.

Kiwi mental health advocate Mike King has thrown his support behind an Eskdale restaurateur's community health initiative.

Ian Quinn is wearing the patient, purse-lipped mask of someone being harried by myriad snippets of shouted advice as he manoeuvres Links Road’s tractor-forklift through the silt at Petane winery.

When Simon Gilbertson was 4 years old, he and his father stood on the beach at Seatoun, watching in horror as Cyclone Giselle sunk the Wahine.

At the other extreme of the nation's weather stats, Central Otago had low rainfall from December through February, with 44.4mm of rain (37% of the LTA) in the 82 days from 1 December to 20 February.

In North Canterbury, Greystone Viticulturist Mike Saunders is very happy about harvest prospects, with Pinot Noir his pick for the season, due to good flavour development at lower brix.

Austrian grassland specialist Pottinger has launched Harvest Assist, a new, innovative app that helps to simplify and optimise logistics while harvesting forage.