Business
Carbon forestry spreading
An update of sales of pastoral land has sparked fresh concern about the increase in that bought for carbon forestry as well as movement into better-quality land and more areas of the country.
The changing face of farming
Onfarm diversification can bring both motivational and economic stimulation to the benefit of your farming operation. By Ken Geenty.
It’s from New Zealand and…
Post-Covid-19, country of origin no longer has the cachet it once did for China’s consumers. By Hunter McGregor.
Ownership and control
Giving up control of the farm can sometimes be more difficult than passing on ownership, Peter Flannery writes, in the fourth of his series on succession planning.
Investigation wins top award
Five years ago the words ‘regenerative agriculture’ would not have caused a stir.
Busting a nutrient myth
Differences in nutrient concentration are to do with soil and climate (terroir), stage of harvesting and cultivar or breed, not production methods. By Jacqueline Rowarth.
Learning the classer trade
A young Christchurch engineer is planning to still take time off to class the wool produced on her family’s sheep station. By Joanna Grigg.