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Less milk, Ukraine conflict driving dairy prices up

Rabobank senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.

Global dairy prices continue to break records.

Published in General News

2022 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards open for entries

The Primary Industries Good Employer Awards are now open for nominations. Photo Credit: Paul Sutherland Photography.

Entries have opened for the 2022 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.

Published in General News

Adding turbo to cultivation

Kverneland’s Turbo T trailed cultivator is offered in 6.5 and 8 metre working widths.

Kverneland's Turbo T trailed cultivator was introduced to NZ by the Power Farming Group in 2020.

Published in Machinery & Products

Straightforward, dependable

The MF 8S.265 model (pictured) is one of six models in the new 8S series recently released by Massey Ferguson.

Massey Ferguson has announced the New Zealand release of its new MF 8S Series.

Published in Machinery & Products

Conditions ripe for a potential FE outbreak

Facial eczema could potentially become a problem in the coming weeks for dairy farmers.

Conditions are ripe for facial eczema to become a problem for dairy farmers in the coming weeks, says James Allen, AgFirst.

Published in Farm Health

Passion and innovation pay off

Rhys Roberts chief executive of Align Farms, which runs seven farms between the Ashburton and Rangitata Rivers in Mid- Canterbury, this year’s NZ winner of the Zanda McDonald Award.

A Mid-Canterbury dairy farmer passionate about innovation and continued improvement has been named this year’s winner of the New Zealand Zanda McDonald Award.

Published in Management

This farm is no pig sty!

Bryan Tucker’s Wairarapa farm is testament to the pork producer’s strong commitment to the environment.

Bryan Tucker's Ngarara farm in the Wairarapa epitomises the New Zealand pork sector's strong commitment to the environment.

Published in Management

Backing rural New Zealand

National Party leader Christopher Luxon addressing the crowd in Morrinsville late last year.

OPINION: In my very first speech as National Party Leader, I said that our farmers are not villains.

Published in Opinion

Change is a constant

OPINION: I was a much younger man when I first heard the wise words "Change is the only constant in life".

Published in Opinion

Honey merger a sweet deal

Current 100% Pure New Zealand Honey chief executive Sean Goodwin is set to take on the role as head of newly merged business The Mānuka Collective.

A newly merged honey business, with hives in both the North and South Islands, is hoping to spread the exports of NZ-produced mānuka honey around the world.

Published in General News