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NZ-made drench resistance app DAGI launches
South Canterbury vet and DAGI founder Ryan Luckman says the app models where worms sit in their lifecycle.
Confidence runs high across Northland as spring calf sales get under way
Carrfields is backing the Northland spring calf season with sales across the region, giving vendors a full spread of options.
AgriZeroNZ Early Adoption Accelerator – what it means for farmers and advisors
AgriZero and Government funding will bring proven emissions reduction tools onto farms and lower the cost for early adopters.
Spring soil preparation: Don’t wait until the cultivator is hitched
Carrfields Precision & Technology Manager Paul Collins says successful spring crop establishment is decided well before planting day.
Biosecurity on dairy farms
Ecolab’s biosecurity program provides practical protocols, technical expertise, and disinfection solutions to support dairy farm disease prevention.
Machinery, lone work and chemicals headline spring farm safety reminder
WorkSafe is reminding farmers to check on farm safety as it prepares to visit 600 sheep and beef farms towards the end of this year.
LGNZ questions whether 4% rates increase cap eases pressure
LGNZ president says the newly announced rates cap limits what councils can collect but leaves the costs driving rate rises untouched.
Councils expected to apply rates cap two years before required
Council rate rises will be capped from July 2029, though Local Government Minister Simon Watts says he expects councils to begin next year.
Where will four years of funding aiming to clear goats and deer go?
Conservation Minister Tama Potaka says the programme targets infested country where pests are spilling off DOC land onto neighbouring farms.
Canterbury’s Sean Mulligan named Agronomist of the Year for 2026
Mulligan grew up on a cropping farm and studied a BCom Ag at Lincoln University before a family connection drew him into agronomy.