Environment
Carbon forestry spreading
An update of sales of pastoral land has sparked fresh concern about the increase in that bought for carbon forestry as well as movement into better-quality land and more areas of the country.
Realities of sheep and cattle farming
With its large cattle and sheep populations, a country like New Zealand is dealing with waste from not five million but the equivalent of more than 100m humans. By Ken Geenty.
Cheaper by the thousands
Life-long tree grower Peter Arthur offers advice on tree selection, costs and care.
Plant some pakeha trees
Broad-spreading deciduous exotic trees offer stock the chance of shade in a scorching summer, while avoiding it in winter, Hawke’s Bay farmer Peter Arthur writes.
Running the numbers
Marlborough farmer Joanna Grigg gets counting farm emissions and gets a pleasant surprise.