Carterton's Awakare Farm has long stood as a place where family, tradition and innovation intersect.

Much has been discussed in recent seasons about the rising costs of production on dairy farms, and rightfully so.

The time of the season is a great time to sit down with your Pioneer area manager and merchant representative to discuss maize hybrids. Choosing the right maize silage hybrid to plant for your environment can make a big difference to yield and profit.

With the first harvest of high-quality table grapes from 700 vines just completed, the attention of Japanese company Greencollar is on preparing to harvest from 1400 vines next summer, and putting in another 1500 this planting season.

Divine table grapes that herald the start of a brand-new industry in Hawke’s Bay have been coming off vines in Maraekakaho.

South Auckland kiwifruit grower, Brett Wheeler, jokes that some of the companion plants in his 13-hectare effective Glenbrook orchards are so large he has to take to them with a chainsaw.

Paper-based growing is being adopted by nurseries for seedling and cutting production.

The most profitable maize silage crop is the one which delivers the highest amount of energy per hectare. To achieve this, crop establishment is critical as maize silage and grain yield are greatly influenced by plant population.

"Why follow when you can lead?" is the motto of Canterbury veggie grower Lance Roper.

NIWA is working with Māori farming enterprises on a novel approach to remove nutrients from agricultural runoff.