Your farm’s starting XV

Buying a ram team has lots of similarities to picking a winning All Blacks squad, says neXtgen Agri International CEO Dr Mark Ferguson.


Shed or Shear?

Kate Kellick’s Kellogg report calls for a shift towards shedding sheep as a solution to the pressing issues facing New Zealand’s sheep farming industry. Words…


Episode 82 – Keeping the door open to the EU

Silver Fern Farms, MIA and OSPRI have partnered with Prism Earth’s innovative technology to provide unprecedented insights into farmers’ natural capital that…


Rebuilding a clear farm system

Together, the Milltons from Marlborough have weathered earthquakes, drought, succession, and bold shifts in stock policy. All with the watchful eye from Van…


SHEEP Country 2025

Read SHEEP Country 2025 online here.


Episode 81 – Beef finishing transforms hill-country farm

Setting up cell grazing systems on their Te Pahu hill-country farm has transformed more than just Heather Gilbert and Elliot Kent’s bottom line. In this…


Episode 80 – Knowledge Partners: IRP & CountryWide

CountryWide has partnered with the Institute of Rural Professionals to strengthen support, knowledge-sharing, and innovation across the agricultural sector. In…


Spring 2025

Read Country-Wide Spring 2025 online here. Country-Wide is New Zealand’s only dedicated farmers and growers magazine, available on subscription.


Episode 79 – Building trust in local grains

In this episode, Sarah Perriam-Lampp talks with Ivan Lawrie, General Manager at the Foundation for Arable Research, about the New Zealand Grown Grains…


Top 6 Megatrends of 2026

It’s never been more important to have eyes to the future, looking for signals ahead to what might be coming rather than looking in the rear-vision mirror.…