Kubota New Zealand has launched the Land Pride Rotary Tiller range.

OPINION: There are sound reasons why emissions taxing NZ food producers is not just a bad idea for farmers and food prices but also bad for the environment, the climate and our country.

OPINION: Democracy is under attack.

T&G Global and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund further extended their partnership in late December with the sale of T&G's Riwaka orchard in Nelson, to the fund's rural investment manager FarmRight.

Michael Franks describes himself as effectively running a company that is a 'hotel for kiwifruit'. His customers are kiwifruit: green, gold and red. Peter Burke recently caught up with him at Seeka360, Seeka's Te Puke headquarters.

Te Anau Downs Station owner Peter Chartes - who won a four-year legal battle with the Southland District Council (SDC) last October - has now received a $300,000 payout from the council.

NZ's horticultural exports have risen in dollar terms, but at the same time, percentage wise, the tariffs these incur have dropped by nearly two thirds since 2004.

Despite facing major challenges, New Zealand's potato industry remains a billion dollar business.

Hort NZ chair Barry O'Neil has been growing kiwifruit since 1984 and says this is one of the worst year he's had.

Farmers traditionally reliant on Bionic Plus capsules to manage internal parasites in ewes over lambing are being warned they may need to plan to farm without the product this year.