A lad from a dairy farm in Wairarapa has commercialised bee-keeping technology after a prototype invention won him the 2013 Fieldays Innovation Awards in the Launch NZ category.

It came as no surprise in the news this month that farmers following the regenerative path use photosynthesis to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and replace it with life-giving oxygen. 

Your canine crusader has been intrigued by the very poor mainstream media coverage of the Mycoplasma bovis issue.

Beef + Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor reckons NZ sheep and beef farmers, as a sector, have an opportunity to be world-leading stewards of the natural environment and sustainable communities. 

Minister for the Environment David Parker has lavish praise for Beef + Lamb NZ’s new environmental strategy.

The New Zealand apple industry – for the fourth year running – has been named the most competitive on the global stage among 33 apple producing countries.

Farmers need to understand that good environmental stewardship is no longer just nice to have but is essential in today’s world.

The acceleration of two rural communications initiatives announced by Government last week is good news, but more is needed, says the Telecommunications Users Association of NZ (TUANZ).

With the Mycoplasma bovis decision there comes some certainty and the need to make the eradication programme work.

Opinion is divided on the Mycoplasma bovis decision in favour of phased eradication.