There are reports of more than 2000 slips on roads alone and countless more on farms, plus 25 road closures and a dozen farms underwater in the area covered by the Horizons Regional Council. 

Horticulture could be the star performer in the primary sector this year. Horticulture NZ outgoing chief executive Peter Silcock says horticulture is in a very strong position.

The Beef + Lamb NZ board will need to rethink its whole strategy as an organisation after the processing companies rejected a proposal for joint in-market promotion, says BLNZ chairman James Parsons.

John and Catherine Ford from Rotorua are the Ballance Farm Environment Award winners for 2015, the first time a North Island farming business has won this award.

The 2015 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the Year has gone to 26-year-old Craig Ward from Apata.

The apiculture industry has voted by a substantial majority to proceed with unification and their associations at the New Zealand Apiculture Conference.

A sheep & beef farmer has been formally warned for breaching the Resource Management Act by exceeding a nitrogen discharge cap over a two-year period.

Precision fixed wing aerial fertiliser application on hill country is now a reality, says nutrient cooperative Ballance Agri-Nutrients.

Fonterra has set the June guaranteed milk price (GMP) at $5.25/kgMS, matching its opening price for this season.

The Australian motoring press, known to take themselves a bit seriously, have been quite dismissive of Hyundai’s large, rear wheel drive, six cylinder sedan, the Genesis.