While young people have their faces glued to smartphones using the latest social media apps, remember many apps have potential to add value to tech-savvy farm businesses.

What's new in machinery and products.

It would be fair to say the Avatar is a new name to the global market for UTV's, but that could be about to change.

Farmers need to accurately determine fodder beet yields in order to maximise gains and minimise risk.

Online software and a mobile phone app are helping a sheep and beef farmer quickly and easily present data for farm assurance and compliance audits, says the supplier, Farm IQ.

The taste of a single blueberry was enough to launch Harry and Anne Frost into developing a blueberry orchard near Rotorua.

Early spring growth is an important factor for key animal production systems and farmers can make big differences with forage choices, according to Agricom's Allister Moorhead, product development specialist.

A Chinese corporation has made $73 million sales within 12 months of launching its New Zealand infant formula.

The new welfare code is likely to bring consolidation in the egg industry, according to the Poultry Industry Association of NZ.

It's too early to write off China, says Hayden Dillon, head of corporate agribusiness for Crowe Horwath.