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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.

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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.

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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.

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‘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.

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‘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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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