Business
After drought, the deluges
Between droughts and floods, a mix of work and play remains a priority for a young family on Banks Peninsula. By Annabelle Latz.
Disruption and challenges ahead
Producers are being urged to switch from a supply chain back to producers to a value chain that comes from consumers’ willingness to pay. Glenys Christian reports.
Sheep not guilty over N leaching
Trials at Massey University have proven sheep to be low-leaching in nitrates, Joanna Grigg reports.
Flexibility key for top lambs
Growing lambs as fast as you can is key to gaining high profitability, Ken Geenty writes.
Scanning for IMF in sheep
Scanning cattle for their intramuscular fat has led to a similar programme with sheepmeat, James Hoban writes.
Red meat trumps plant-based
Results from ground-breraking New Zealand research have shown red meat is a better source of protein than a processed plant-based alternative.
Breeding low-methane burpers
Breeding for low methane sheep research aims to show it can be done. Nicola Dennis explains the science.
Learning wool’s wonders
Wool in schools, a project that educates Kiwi school children about the wonders of wool, will see its 25,000th student pass through its ‘wool sheds’ in August.
Justifying the building of a woolshed
James Hoban has built a new woolshed on his Marlborough farm. He outlines how they went about this once-in-a-generation project, why they did it and what worked well.