The Ballance Farm Environment Awards open farmers to new networks they may not know about says national judging coordinator Andrea Hanna.

It appears much of the angst and anger percolating through the farming sector over proposed changes to health and safety regulations may now have eased.

A raspberry partnership between Plant & Food Research (PFR) and a plant nursery business in Washington state has had positive spinoffs, according to the Crown Research Insititute.

“A brilliant initiative” was the reaction of Massey University professor Peter Kemp to a recent visit by journalism students from Massey’s Wellington campus.

What's “hot to trot” in fashion and trends can have a big impact on our wool prices, says Malcolm Ching, Purelana manager with Wool Services International.

Horticulture needs to get rid of its image as being all “mud and gumboots,” says Sue Pickering, senior business manager, HortNZ.

Horticulture New Zealand presented its inaugural President’s Award to lifelong kiwifruit industry supporter and grower Ian Greaves last week.

One dairy industry stalwart has had enough and is switching to beef farming.

Sheep productivity has improved against a background of a massive drop in stock numbers since 1990, says Beef + Lamb NZ chief economist Andrew Burtt.

Key industry organisations are happy with some changes to the Health and Safety Reform Bill, but Federated Farmers still has concerns about clarity on who is responsible for what.