Lovers of Hawke’s Bay Syrah won’t be surprised to learn that the region has beaten France at its own game, in an international blind tasting of the variety.

The latest New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows a further strengthening in business confidence over the September quarter.

Dairy farmers Rachel and Kenneth Short say despite a potential increase in forecast milk price, they won’t be making any changes to their farm budget.

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is cautioning farmers not to plant left-over seed from any of the six lines of fodder beet seed imported last year and known to be contaminated with velvetleaf.

Living Water, the partnership between Fonterra and the Department of Conservation (DOC), has called on charitable organisation Te Whangai Trust to help restore part of New Zealand’s threatened peat lakes system.

New Zealand and the European Union (EU) today signed a Partnership Agreement for Relations and Cooperation (PARC).

The Ruataniwha water storage scheme saga has gone far beyond soap opera territory: fantasy has long since replaced fact, the noisy quashing any sense.

Brexit has thrown up huge uncertainty for farmers within and outside the European Union (EU), says the president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Joe Healy.

Canterbury irrigation scheme Central Plains Water (CPW) irrigation says the second stage of its proposed development will now go ahead.

A Taranaki dairy farm has been fined $87,000 for employment breaches in a case reflecting the Labour Inspectorate’s intolerance of negligent employers.