New regulatory changes are forcing some horticulture and dairy farmers to look at a new crop – hemp.

The Government taskforce report on winter grazing says farmers are not solely to blame for all the problems associated with this practice.

Crops across a swath of Canterbury’s arable heartland have been damaged or lost to a couple of hailstorms which swept up the South Island’s east coast late last month.

They were ‘blown away’ by the amount of the technology on farm.

Loader wagons are increasingly popular with contractors looking to make quality silage with less power and fewer staff than are needed with traditional self-propelled teams.

Ravensdown says it has “collaborated” with the Rail and Maritime Transport Union on its letter protesting the co-op’s new phosphate shipment.

Manawatu dairy farmer Mat Hocken is the winner of the Rabobank Emerging Leader Award for 2019.

Big changes have been announced in Fonterra’s 2019 Sustainability Report.

A Palmerston North man has been jailed and his wife fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to a total of 20 charges relating to the abuse of cows and calves in their care.

Professor Warren Moran, a prominent geographer and thought-leader for the wine industry passed away on 13 August 2019.