The Provincial Growth Fund is partnering with Horticulture New Zealand to maximise the number of New Zealanders employed by the sector and to ensure... Read More

Starting out with sheep 30 years ago, the Honeyfield family at Welcome Bay, Tauranga, have diversified their 100ha farm into four different revenue streams... Read More

Huntly dairy farmer Steve Broughton farms the land that’s been in his family since 1909, milking 320 cows. And the fourth-generation farmer is... Read More

From this month onwards recreational anglers are only permitted to catch one bluefin tuna per person, per day, with Fisheries New Zealand introducing... Read More

Moving house and changing jobs are acknowledged as two of life’s most stressful events, and in the thick of it at the moment are dairy farmers... Read More

“The whole world needs to change their philosophy – from ‘living off the land’ to ‘living with land’, says Lincoln... Read More

Eight rural singletons have been named this year’s Fieldays Rural Catch, and will soon compete for an impressive $20,000 prize pool and to take home... Read More

Six chefs, a nutritionist and a wine judge/columnist have been announced as the major drawcards to Fieldays kitchen Theatre this year. And as a result,... Read More

For the last 12 months, former Coast & Country News editor Elaine Fisher has been on a journey to uncover the ‘behind the scenes’ stories... Read More

The fencing competitions at Fieldays is very serious stuff. So serious in fact that once, a number of years ago when the Queen was visiting and she stopped... Read More

  Visitors to Fieldays this month will get to see some of the latest cutting edge developments and innovations being created to solve many woes... Read More

A passion for the farming industry, a strong desire to provide an enjoyable and safe working environment, and a commitment to making community connections,... Read More

Hamilton artist Gaye Jurisich has taken the top honour in 2019’s Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award with her captivating piece labelled ‘Snare’. The... Read More

It’s probably fair to say that Federated Farmers and the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association won’t be exchanging Christmas cards. Using... Read More

The New Zealand Farm Forestry Association has to act now for “our children’s future”. This is the hard-hitting message from Graham... Read More