Farmers need to have a robust facial eczema (FE) prevention plan in place, says animal health company Agritrade.

The recent New Zealand Grassland Association “packed” its annual conference with papers promising productivity gains and environmental solutions for pastoral farmers, the organisers say.

The Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal judging panel is once again asking the kiwifruit industry to nominate their finest leaders for the prestigious 2017 award.

Given this is the 100th issue of New Zealand Winegrower magazine, it seemed timely to bring out the crystal ball and consider just where the industry is likely to be by the time we produce our 200th issue.

Horticulture and viticulture are, together, New Zealand’s fourth-largest export industry.

Despite the terrible weather, and thanks to marquees still available from the recent Canterbury A&P Show, the Synlait Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day was held yesterday (Thursday, November 17) at ASB Agricultural Park.

A disease which is devastating trees in the Western United States and Europe is a major threat to New Zealand plantations and ornamental trees, should it ever arrive here.

Interactions between agriculture and the environment have rarely been so much in the face of the public, and finding a path for the future is proving challenging.

A husband-and-wife “super team” has secured the title of the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year at the 2016 finals held tonight (Wednesday 16 November).

I have lived in and around Wellington all my life and I have never experienced an earthquake as big and as frightening as this latest one.