August 25, 2023
Feeding calves
On-Farm Research at the Poukawa Research Farm did much pioneering research on calf rearing from the mid 1990s, rearing about 8000 calves across a wide range of…
August 25, 2023
Importance of colostrum
Failure of calves to get sufficient colostrum and acquire early immunity is a world-wide problem, Paul Muir writes.
August 18, 2023
Post-election options
Opposition parties have ideas about what they’d do with Landcorp should there be a change of government in October. By Jo Cuttance.
August 13, 2023
Watch the live Q&A with soil educator Nicole Masters and Sarah Perriam-Lampp
Internationally renowned soil educator, Nicole Masters, will be back in New Zealand this November for a Soil Resilience Tour, consisting of two in-depth…
August 11, 2023
Who was our best Ag Minister?
Based on their performance, we want to know who you think was the best - past or present - NZ agriculture (and primary industries) minister.
August 4, 2023
Good worms
Clinical trials by the Malaghan Institute have shown that hookworms may be helpful for managing severe inflammatory and allergic diseases in humans.
July 28, 2023
Spreading the risk
There’s no rule book on the Taggarts’ farm in North Canterbury, and they don’t mind the debt because it keeps them pushing. Story and photos by Annabelle……
July 28, 2023
Simple system, high profits
Derek and Leanne White's exceptional performance on their Waiouru farm won them the 2023 Wairere Central Districts Red Meat Farm Business of the Year award.
July 28, 2023
The case for genetic modification
New Zealanders were scared off GM back in the early 2000s, but the science has moved on since then and the calls to rethink our stand on gene-editing…










