Just Avocados’ plan for increasing business in Asia has gone well this season with some markets doubling their avocado volumes, says Jacob Darling,... Read More

Don’t leave things to the last minute, do your preparation in bite-sized pieces – and most of all enjoy the experience and embrace the networking... Read More

Nominations are now open for a national award that recognises dairy farmers who demonstrate leadership in their approach to sustainable dairying and... Read More

This pressure is on this month as 40 entrants in the 2020 Central Plateau regional competition of the Dairy Industry Awards enter the final rounds of... Read More

Women feature strongly in this year’s line-up of contestants in the 2020 Bay of Plenty regional Dairy Industry Awards round, as final judging gets... Read More

With the rapid development of AI, machine vision, automation and robotic technologies, New Zealand agritech companies are able to develop solutions not... Read More

This time last year we were all sitting with our fingers and toes crossed, finally assessing our crop loadings for the coming year. This year it appears... Read More

Looking to the sky for energy solutions is no longer something for daydreamers as more rural landowners consider solar energy as a means for powering... Read More

A cropping systems research manager at the Foundation for Arable Research, who has worked to support cropping farmers in the areas of economic and environmental... Read More

Reducing the use of plastics, looking after the environment and communities and ensuring the Zespri brand continues to be recognised as the world’s... Read More

The Gummy Bears, a vegan activism group best known for their stickers and decorated road signs enjoining the public to ‘STOP eating animals’,... Read More

Semi-retired dairy farmer and hedging contractor Richard le Fleming has a passion for vintage machinery and a decent-sized personal collection at his... Read More

Matamata farmer Maurice Turner can have a number of ‘orphan’ cattle on his Morgan Rd farm at any time. And whether stay until they are fully... Read More

Jim Stewart has been commercially growing chestnuts for the last 20 years on his 6ha property in West Te Aroha. He has 300 trees growing on 1.5ha. “I... Read More

With many regions starting to experience increasingly dry weather, DairyNZ is warning farmers to plan ahead for the health of animals, staff and their... Read More