Heatwaves, flooding, thunderstorms. La Niña has strongly influenced our summer weather again as 2025 closes and we charge headlong into 2026.

A stratospheric warming over Antarctica occurred during August.

Many regions have experienced a wet, cloudy and grey winter.

Nature has little regard for supply and demand equations, and there were abundant, high-quality crops for many around the country this harves. While the industry grapples with slowing markets, excess supply and uncertainty around trade barriers, Sophie Preece hears that vintage 2025 kicked off with perfect parcels of delicious fruit.

The route to vintage seldom runs smooth, with the vagaries of nature and market dictating every turn. With a resplendent flowering talled by a gloomy summer, and some supply lines still in surplus, Sophie Preece learns that vintage 2025 will require careful navigation.

Dairy

Recently I have been studying inversion patterns during cold nights across parts of inland Australia.

An unsettled end to 2023 has given way to a milder and drier January for most regions.

OPINION: The role primary industries play in New Zealand’s economy has changed dramatically in the past 10 years.

The last decade has seen telehandlers becoming more and more popular on New Zealand farms for their performance and versatility.