29 January 2021
Forest owners in the Wairoa district are unhappy at a recent targeted rates increase they believe is unfair, but other councils around the country have either already adopted or are considering similar moves.
22 January 2021
Warm temperatures and frequent summer rain have led to a bumper season for summer feed crops and pasture covers for livestock farmers in most regions up and down the country.
15 January 2021
Exporters scrambling to find containers and shipping space are being warned the issue is unlikely to be resolved for this year’s peak export season.
8 January 2021
Fruit and hop growers in parts of the South Island are counting the cost of wild weather since Christmas, with the bill expected to run into millions of dollars.
11 December 2020
Sentiment remains at negative levels among New Zealand farmers in the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey, despite rural confidence rising to its highest level since late 2019.
4 December 2020
An exciting new farm business venture stemming from a post on social media is transforming wool direct from the farm gate into a knitting yarn in an all New Zealand wool story.
27 November 2020
The horticulture industry is welcoming approval for 2000 seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands to work in New Zealand, and hopes it may allow the industry to soon manage its own isolation facilities.
20 November 2020
New Zealand trade officials have given the European Union and the UK another earful over their plans to carve up agricultural import quotas at the end of the year.
13 November 2020
The Government has signalled it intends to push ahead with its aim to enable councils to limit the area that can be placed in trees in some parts of the country.
6 November 2020
A lack of space in isolation facilities will delay the availability of 210 foreign agricultural machinery operators coming to work for NZ contractors this season.
