More farmers expect economic conditions to improve in the coming year, thanks to increased overseas demand for New Zealand milk and meat.

More than 250 people recently gathered at the Kerepehi Industrial Estate, near Paeroa, to celebrate the opening of the new premises of industry stalwart Quinn Engineering.

Record sales of cream cheese in China has seen Fonterra ramp up production at its Darfield site in Canterbury.

A group formed to look at implementation of intensive winter grazing regulations has delivered its advice to the Government.

New research backed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) could help bumblebee hives to live longer and be more efficient.

As I'm writing this review in early December, I’d like to make a prediction – the new Land Rover Defender should win the New Zealand Car of The Year title.

This old mutt was not surprised to recently learn about the blatant hypocrisy of many of the academics who lecture us all on the evils of climate change.

Zespri and Plant and Food Research are discussing forming a 50/50 joint venture to fast track the development of breeding new cultivars of kiwifruit.

Industry body Summerfruit NZ says it’s had a “magnificent response” to the call for help from locals with this season’s harvest.

Mimicking the old NZ Tourism ad from the 1980s, a farm tourism specialist is urging New Zealanders – who can’t travel overseas due to Covid restrictions – not to ‘leave home until they have seen the country’.