The world avocado market is worth at least $9 billion globally and NZ Avocado is confident supply is increasing, but demand is increasing even more, says chief executive Jen Scoular.

Unregistered raw milk suppliers around the country have been banned from selling their product.

The urban rural divide is not just a New Zealand issue.

The Wools of NZ board considers its 2019 financial outcomes to be satisfactory given “the first year as a fully commercial company, operating in a very challenging wool market”.

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.