Fonterra's Stirling plant in Otago is to become coal-free by August next year.

The Far North Council is being praised by ACT primary industries spokesman and Ruawai farmer Mark Cameron for dropping the contentious Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) mapping policy.

Farmer co-operative LIC has reported increased revenue and profit in their end of financial year results published last month.

Buller dairy farmers hit by the recent floods are facing a critical situation as they try to get their damaged farms ready to cope with calving which starts in a couple of weeks.

In its fourth year, Organic Wine Week is happening during the Spring Equinox, from 20 to 26 September 2021.

Tohu Wines has won a Best in Show award at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2021, for its Whenua Matua Chardonnay 2018, a single-vineyard wine grown in the clay soils of Tasman's Upper Moutere region.

One of New Zealand's first Auckland-based wine commentators, Michael Brett, was inducted to the New Zealand Wine Hall of Fame at the Royal Easter Show Wine Awards this year.

The 2021 Women in Wine New Zealand Mentoring Programme kicked off at the end of June with 11 wine-industry stalwarts mentoring 11 up-and-coming women working in the New Zealand wine industry.

A survey of effluent management on the 124 dairy farms in the Tasman region has given thumb up to farmers and dairy companies.

Machinery dealers around the country have reported a substantial increase in sales of both tractors and farm equipment compared with the same time last year.