The weather in New Zealand can be a farmer’s nemesis, with regular challenges being thrown up at all times of the year. Drier-than-normal summers... Read More

Bovine embryo transfers are becoming increasingly popular in New Zealand, as an efficient way of fast tracking breeding programmes without live animal... Read More

Pollination is at the heart of fruit cropping and the kiwifruit industry is increasingly looking to the super-pollinator – the bumblebee.   Introduced... Read More

A sports day and charity auction at Te Puke has raised more than $41,000 to support Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme (RSE) workers and their Pacific... Read More

Worker placement initiative Ag Work NZ is aiming to fill the country’s huge farm worker and tractor driver shortage. Ag Work NZ is affiliated... Read More

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Following the Government’s recent announcement of amendments to Intensive Winter Grazing regulations, Beef + Lamb New Zealand has produced factsheets... Read More

A new NIWA-DairyNZ resource will help farmers with wetland design and performance. DairyNZ general manager for sustainable dairy, Dr David Burger, says... Read More

United Nations humanitarian workers have issued a fresh alert about the “enormous need” to push food and fertiliser exports out of war-torn... Read More

A cow moves many nutrients to produce milk solids during lactation. She then needs to rebuild her body and skeleton during the dry and transition period... Read More

Rural Women New Zealand is looking for entrepreneurial rural women to enter its 2022 Business Awards. Regional leader Mary McTavish says the Rural Women... Read More

The harvest of field trial peanut crops came to an end in June as part of a project looking into the feasibility of commercially growing the nuts in... Read More

Technology and innovation is the formula for a successful future and a new harvesting tool from Agri Technovation embodies this. PICKLOGGER™ is... Read More

In a Beef + Lamb New Zealand Scene + Herd Podcast, Massey University’s Professor Paul Kenyon outlines how pregnancy scanning data can be used to... Read More

World Avocado Congress (WAC) delegates will be descending onto New Zealand’s shores in early April 2023. For the first time, New Zealand is hosting... Read More