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NZ Ploughing team’s gear shipping mess raises 2029 hosting concerns
NZ’s World Ploughing Championships bid is at risk, with the shipping container containing their gear in the wrong ocean.
BNZ backs farmers to cut gas use under new loan scheme
BNZ is encouraging farmers and processors to consider the upcoming gas transition loan guarantee scheme.
What it’s like to be on Country Calendar
It was a nerve-wracking Sunday night for Jericho Station farmer Harriet Bremner as her and her family’s story went to air in the coveted spot.
‘Leading the way’: Insights into drop in farm ACC claims
Farm-related ACC injury claims have fallen from more than 25,000 in 2020, to 17,322 last year.
‘Hell of a rigamarole’: Changes simplify hemp growing
Hemp rules no longer require growers to hold a licence, a change Southland grower says should have come years ago.
‘We are an outlier’: Developing enduring dairy beef systems
DairyNZ is targeting a 35% reduction in bobby calf numbers by 2050 under its dairy beef opportunities programme.
New satellite tech means less manual pasture management
AIMER is launching a pasture measurement system that fuses satellite data, smartphone measurement and a live farm model.
Tauranga venue on market ‘has it all’
The venue is consented for 150 people, with 40 car parks, a 500sqm building and a 150sqm marquee.
New shearing gang management app could change the game
A Kurow shearing contractor has built The Shearing Board to run staff induction, tally recording and compliance reporting for gangs.
Opportunity defends land tax, challenges gene tech bill
Opportunity Party leader Quilae Wong says the intention is to shift the burden off income tax and onto property.










