$30 MILLION will be invested in building 10 kiwifruit orchards on Maori land in the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne over the next 18 months, says entrepreneur Te Tumu Pairoa, in partnership with Quayside Holdings.

About 20 years ago, when Ashburton arable farmers Eric and Maxine Watson told their son Philip of a particularly good wheat harvest, he congratulated them with a bottle of champagne – in the form of a fridge magnet.

Fine weather brought out the crowds to this year’s national ploughing championships at Kirwee, Canterbury, last month.

Farmers in Environment Canterbury’s Selwyn-Te Waihora zone are being urged to get a move on with their farming consents.

Fonterra's market share could fall from 84% to 79% over the next five years, says TDB Advisory, financial and economic advisors.

The board of Omapere Rangihamama Trust is considered a strong one. Its Far North farm is one of the three finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy for New Zealand’s top Maori sheep and beef farm.

Driving from Central Otago to the Waitaki Valley, you could be forgiven for that no wine region existed here.

Australia’s largest milk processor Murray Goulburn faces court action for allegedly misleading milk forecast payouts to its farmer suppliers.

They met on Wellington’s Lambton Quay, fell in love in Rome and planted Sangiovese in Central Hawke’s Bay...

You hear the words ‘road trip’ and think Thelma and Louise, but a little more planning was required for the 600 people who took three trips around New Zealand’s six Pinot Noir regions earlier this year.