With its Oxin autonomous vineyard vehicle now at an advanced stage of development, Marlborough-based start-up Smart Machines is beginning to eye the wider New Zealand and, ultimately, international market.

Kiwi agritech startup Hectre is on a mission to deliver the world's simplest technologies to the fruit growing world, says Chief Executive and co-founder Matty Blomfield.

With many wine regions suffering from low yields in vintage 2021, the good growing season for the upcoming harvest has been welcomed with open arms. It comes with plenty of challenges, including the labour shortages looming large and ever present Covid-19 risks, but collaboration, determination and innovation are hard at work in New Zealand vineyards.

Q&A with Caro Jensen from Sip NZ

Topcon's latest product is designed to establish sugar beet and maize more accurately and help reduce seed wastage.

While a 3.0m x 3.0m sheet of heavy-duty PVC might not seem to be cutting edge technology, sometimes the simplest ideas can often be very effective.

For new pasture you can be proud of - even if it feels too dry to think about it right now - consider sowing seed before it rains, instead of waiting for the autumn weather to smile on you.

At the tender age of 15, Jacoba Gread has already imagined her future in great detail.

LIC says it has made more than 60 improvements to its MINDA LIVE and MINDA App following farmer feedback.

The poor pasture performance of traditional ryegrass/white clover mixes has many Northland farmers searching for substitutes and Evan Smeath, who farms in Hukerenui, is willing to try alternative solutions.