Soil fungi could boost high country resilience
Reading Time: 2 minutes There are fungal communities living beneath our feet, supporting plant productivity by acquiring nutrients and water in the soil. We know very little about how they function in...
View ArticleNZ citrus growers challenged to compete on value
Reading Time: 2 minutes New Zealand’s citrus growers were challenged to compete on the value built into their fruit rather than the volume they grow, at Citrus New Zealand’s annual gathering in...
View ArticleCanterbury ripe for horticulture growth
Reading Time: 2 minutes Three months into his role as Horticulture New Zealand’s regional representative for Canterbury, David Hickman sees great opportunities for the sector in the region. Hickman,...
View ArticleWool Source chief Tom Hooper to step down
Reading Time: 2 minutes A key figure in the development of new bio-based strong wool products is stepping down. Wool Source chief executive Tom Hooper will leave the position at the end of the year, as...
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Susan O’Regan to chair QEII Trust
Reading Time: < 1 minute Waikato dairy farmer Susan O’Regan has been appointed chair of the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust board. QEII National Trust is an independent charitable trust that...
View ArticleFarmers warned to watch out for greasy cutworm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers are warned to be on the lookout for insect pests this spring after high numbers of greasy cutworm wiped out whole paddocks of summer forage and maize crops. The...
View ArticleRural confidence stays positive as commodity prices hold
Reading Time: 2 minutes For the ninth successive quarter, confidence in the rural sector is net positive, according to a new survey. The latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey attributes the result to...
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‘Textbook El Niño’ piles more rain and snow on southern farmers
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Neal Wallace and Gerald Piddock The wettest spring in the southern South Island for nearly 50 years just got wetter and colder with more than 10cm of snow falling this week....
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Labour ETS Review poll – September 10
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last week’s poll question is based on the Labour climate shift wins cautious backing from farmers article. We asked readers: Do you support Labour’s plans for an urgent...
View ArticleAnnabel Barnett appointed to Ovis Management board
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ovis Management Limited has appointed Annabel Barnett associate director. Barnett is a category manager for Farmlands. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree, double major in...
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PGG Wrightson names 175th Year Scholarship winners
Reading Time: 2 minutes Xinyu Wu from Massey University and Hamish Shaw from Lincoln University have been named recipients of PGG Wrightson’s 175th Year Scholarship. Each student will receive $2000 to...
View ArticleRabo Community Fund backs 11 rural projects
Reading Time: 2 minutes Eleven organisations across New Zealand, including rural schools, halls, catchment groups and sports clubs, are set to benefit from the latest funding distribution from the Rabo...
View ArticleApplications open for DairyNZ Māori Internship
Reading Time: 2 minutes Applications are open for DairyNZ’s Māori Internship programme, offering the chance to gain paid, hands-on experience and explore a meaningful career in the dairy sector. Now in...
View ArticleFarmer profits soar but confidence slips
Reading Time: 2 minutes Profitability may be the highest in a decade, but farmers are worried about whether the good times will hold, according to Federated Farmers’ latest confidence survey. It showed...
View ArticleFonterra milk price cut tipped to be short lived
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fonterra’s 50-cent cut to its midpoint milk price in July to $9.25/kg MS will be short lived and the final price for this season is expected to be closer to $10/kg MS,...
View ArticleTelford agricultural campus gets major upgrade
Reading Time: 2 minutes A multimillion-dollar refurbishment has begun at the Southern Institute of Technology’s Telford campus in South Otago, the country’s only remaining large-scale residential...
View ArticleNZ Landcare Trust marks 30 years of environmental action
Reading Time: 2 minutes Positive environmental action can begin with just one or two people starting a conversation, says NZ Landcare Trust’s Nardene Berry. For almost two decades Berry has worked as...
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Growers push for faster access to crop protection tools
Reading Time: 2 minutes Horticulture New Zealand says growers would welcome changes to improve access to safe and effective crop protection tools, and is urging Parliament to pass the necessary reforms...
View ArticleMotueka fruit grower bounces back with automation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Motueka fruit grower and packer Thomas Brothers says it has bounced back from two major floods in recent years with a highly automated business that is going from strength to...
View ArticleLessons for forestry after tree-felling death
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tararua landowner Trevor Beale has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 in reparation to the family of a man who died when felling trees on a rural property. Beale was...
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