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All businesses benefit from fast reliable internet and rural broadband can help reduce the effects of isolation on East Coast farming operations.

It is 11 years since the New Zealand Society for Viticulture and Oenology (NZSVO) focused on the country's flagship variety.

Those entrants who used their summer holiday to prepare for the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards could have an advantage, as activity gears up in this year's competitions.

Dairy farmers are being urged to attend next month's profitable dairy farming conference in Ashburton.

It will be a trip down memory lane for agriculture machinery enthusiasts.

It was grassroots intelligence for farmers last week, when the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) opened the gates to its Chertsey trial farm in Mid Canterbury.

A short roundup of what's happening in the world of New Zealand wine.

Steel yards and animal handling gear is a must in the 21st century farming, especially for sheep and beef, says an exhibitor looking forward to the inaugural East Coast Farming with Technology Expo at Wairoa in April.

The 153rd Canterbury A&P Show is over for another year and exhibitors and animals headed home on Friday evening for a well-earned rest.

Two years ago a group of Marlborough wineries formed a collective to celebrate the quality and heritage of the region's sparkling wines and Méthode Marlborough was born.