Knee-jerk spending cuts that compromise long-term productivity are a real risk in the face of the $4.50/kgMS payout forecast and probable low opening 2015-16 figure, leading farmers are warning.

The University of Auckland is leading a collaborative project to build multi-purpose robotic systems for orchards.

Eight months ago The New Zealand Cellar didn’t exist in London.

Mike Saunders, age 32, is a vineyard manager and grower liaison for Villa Maria.

Keys to the Kiwifruit Industry Strategy Project’s success came down to three things, says its independent chairman, Neil Richardson.

National Fieldays is sticking with Xero as its exclusive premier feature partner this year.

A Wairarapa farm said to set the benchmark for performance in all facets of farming, has won the 2015 Greater Wellington Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA).

After an encouraging rise, then fall, in dairy product prices in the first quarter of this year, milk producers and manufacturers are again looking for the upside as planning for next season is either well underway or done for most. 

BEC Feed Solutions NZ can already teach its Australian big brother a thing or two in the dairy supplements side of its operations, after only one year in business.

Auckland exporter Biopure Health is welcoming in the Chinese New Year by securing a hold in China’s tough new infant formula market.