Pests are providing issues for farmers on both sides of Lake Taupō. Disease eradication agency Ospri has been working to control and eradicate bovine tuberculosis... Read More

A long-time rural business leader known for his 'get over to Morrinsville” advertising catchphrase is now telling farmers to 'go to GrowPay”. Ross... Read More

Like other rural sectors, the avocado industry is facing huge changes in land ownership. A recently released white paper from Rabobank reveals that over the... Read More

The third edition of the NZ Dairy Expo is getting ready to roll. Bedford Park in Matamata would revert from rugby to rural on February 18 and 19. Last... Read More

A Te Aroha sculptor has taken on board the 'trash to treasure” philosophy in a highly creative way. For the past 15 years, Adrian Worsley has turned... Read More

Ordinary farm animals can do extraordinary things under the care and guidance of former drug dog handler Bex Tasker. In a few rolling paddocks overlooking... Read More

Fonterra is increasing its support for young people entering the dairy industry with a new two-year programme delivered in partnership with Growing Future Farmers... Read More

Third-generation Karāpiro farmer Grant Dixon has more than three decades of farming in management roles under his belt. Grant and his wife Sue currently run... Read More

Gill Mannington came from Britain to New Zealand in 2012 for a farm working holiday. The sheep and beef farmer certainly wasn't originally planning on living... Read More

Kiwifruit and avocado growers using bees for pollination should be on the lookout for a predatory insect pest. Yellow-legged hornets, which feed on bees, were... Read More

Environmental group Project Parore has moved to a new base at 48 Church St as it plans for the future beyond its five-year Jobs for Nature funding, which ends... Read More

They're only into their fourth year growing avocados, but they're already sharing their passion for the fruit with visitors from all over the world. In March... Read More