Just around half way through his three year tenure as New Zealand National Fieldays Society president, James Allen is picking that the next three to five years for NZ agriculture will be a time of opportunity.

Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Climate Change Minister James Shaw have released a public discussion document that seeks feedback on ideas to better manage afforestation.

For many years, reducing soil compaction has been recognised as an efficient way of increasing production for grassland and arable operations.

A warning from his wife not to hang around the house and get under her feet when he retires has prompted a Feilding-based farmer to launch himself into a new and successful career – as an artist, painting rural scenes.

Farmers are being told to spare gorse plants and let them flower – at least that’s the message on the Chatham Islands.

"We got there in the end" is one Central Otago cherry orchardist's summation of the summer fruit season now winding up.

The 2022 apple harvesting season is underway and early indications are the quality is looking good across all varieties.

Trimax Mowing Systems is a New Zealandowned and operated company that designs, manufactures, and distributes commercial mowing equipment.

Work is close to completion on Massey University’s Dairy 4 Farm, after the university partnered with AgResearch to boost on-farm research capability and facilities in the lower North Island.

OPINION: Palmerston North has always been the beneficiary of a rich agricultural legacy.