Biosecurity incursion – yellow legged hornets In Auckland

Heatwaves, flooding, thunderstorms. La Niña has strongly influenced our summer weather again as 2025 closes and we charge headlong into 2026.

After a hiatus last year, the third iteration of the Blind Tasting returned as a one-day event in Auckland, assessing 887 wines across more than 40 varieties and all 10 winegrowing regions.

Trainees in the horticulture industry studying towards a certificate or diploma can now apply for Horticulture New Zealand's (HortNZ) 2026 Industry Training Scholarships programme.

Following the €1.6 million investment in a prototype workshop in early 2025, Claas has invested an additional €3.3 million at its Metz-Woippy baler production plant to increase production capacity.

Farmers are being encouraged to take a closer look at the refrigerants running inside their on-farm systems, as international and domestic pressure continues to build on high global warming potential (GWP) 400-series refrigerants.

Bovonic says a return on investment study has found its automated mastitis detection technology, QuadSense, is delivering financial, labour, and animal-health benefits on New Zealand dairy farms worth an estimated $29,547 per season.

When Ian Smith built a 520-bed free stall barn on his Drummond dairy farm in 2014, it changed the way he farmed.

One team with 43 head, including a contingent from Mid Canterbury, are reflecting on a stellar NZ DairyEvent.

Alliance Group and the Southland Stags rugby team have joined forces in a partnership that will see the the meat co-operative's farmgate brand feature on players' team kits and replica jerseys.