The health of rural business people – including farmers, orchardists and health facilities — is being affected because they cannot get sufficient good staff and must work longer hours to compensate.

The kiwifruit variety SunGold is this season set to overtake the traditional green Haywards variety for the first time.

The drought formally declared in the northern regions of the South Island is now extended into Marlborough, Buller and Nelson.

Food Conversion Efficiency is often misunderstood and overlooked, despite its role in profitability.

Selling wine in a can is nothing especially new, it just hasn’t been embraced by wine producers, but is it time to look at canning wine as well as selling it in bottles?

A Lincoln University Dairy Farm (LUDF) decision to use all AI and no bulls for mating has given “mixed” results and looks like it will be a short-lived experiment.

Sharemilkers are the minority among dairy and beef farmers, but in respect of NAIT they have a big role.

2020 will see the arrival of a Jeep aimed at tapping Kiwis’ unquenchable thirst for utes, says brand distributor in New Zealand, Ateco.

A closer watch will be kept on the NAIT accounts of farmers and NAIT users who choose not to record or confirm livestock movements, warns OSPRI.

The call for dairy farmers to prepare now for a future with smaller, more productive herds depends on access to superior dairy sires.