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The rural property market is the most liquid it has ever been, with more capital chasing rural land than at any previous point.

Bovonic and MSD Animal Health have signed a collaboration agreement to explore integrating QuadSense mastitis detection with the SenseHub Dairy platform, aiming to address a disease that costs the dairy industry $180 million a year.

Government has committed $98,000 to NZ Young Farmers' 100 Champions Rural Wellbeing Programme, seeing resilience coaching and peer-led mental health advocacy into the sector through top competitors.

A new initiative is aimed at helping new farm buyers through the financial pressure of early ownership.

Recent global price increases have hit rural New Zealand users directly, with local conditions carrying no weight in the decision.

An Australian app designed to connect rural people across long distances has launched in New Zealand, attracting thousands of downloads in its first week.

A Canterbury trial is showing that the data generated from SenseHub Dairy's youngstock tags can change how farmers approach feeding and weaning decisions.

Jones is backing Peters' statements calling for the number of gentailers to be "cut in half", saying they need to be broken up to bring power prices down.

IrrigationNZ has launched its 2026 election manifesto, calling for legislative certainty and Crown capital to de-risk new water storage schemes, saying the country cannot afford to keep re-litigating the value of infrastructure built to last a century.

Mike Casey from Rewiring Aotearoa is at Fieldays, focusing on removing regulatory barriers around farmers installing solar on farm.