OPINION: Land use change is to the fore (again) because of headlines indicating the potential for growing rice, expansion of dairying in some regions, and ongoing concerns about carbon farming.

OPINION: Forestry is not all bad and planting pine trees on land that is prone to erosion or in soils which cannot support livestock farming makes sense.

OPINION: Defenders of New Zealand remaining bound to the Paris Agreement typically run the same argument. They do not explain the benefits of remaining bound to Paris, because there are none. At least none that are certain and enduring.

Many farmers have invested in solar energy for dairy sheds or houses, but little hard data exists on the viability of solar panels in open paddocks or the loss of drymatter this may cause. Massey University scientist Dr Sam Wilson is conducting research to get more information about this. Rural News reporter Peter Burke went to investigate.

Ravensdown South Island shareholders have voted Jane Smith to the co-operative board for a three-year term.

It's 100 years for the Hoban family’s Parham Hill Corriedale stud and times continue to change.

The 2025 Young Grower of the Year, Phoebe Scherer, says competing with other finalists felt more like being among friends.

A windfall of billions of dollars is good news for the agricultural sector and the economy in general, following the sale of Fonterra's global consumer businesses.

Superphosphate is still the go-to product for New Zealand farmers looking for spring growth, says Mike White, Ravensdown’s head of product and service development.

Carbon farming is threatening the economy of the central North Island, according to Federated Farmers Whanganui president Ben Fraser.