If you have an onfarm audit under the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP), chances are you will have been asked about how you deal with farm waste. What are the requirements farmers need to meet to get the green light?

How strong wool growers can improve returns – Annabel Barnett’s Rural Leadership Programme report, Growers Feeling Fleeced, explores how market price might improve for strong wool growers.

Mitigating the risk of New Zealand’s unique wildlife, plants and habitats disappearing is at the heart of a proposed biodiversity credits system. Words Phil Edmonds

Kate McBride is a fifth-generation farmer from Western NSW. She is a vocal advocate for rural Australia and continues this while working on her partner’s sheep station.

From the wine to the waste industry. WM New Zealand Managing Director Evan Maehl has gone from producing the wine to collecting the empty bottle from the kerbside, and he couldn’t be happier. He explains why waste is sexy, and why we should all care about it.

Taranaki dairy farmer Trish Rankin has worked with catchment groups to help farmers plan their actions, and with councils to build in better waste minimisation strategies for their rural communities, here she shares top tips for how to manage waste created onfarm.
Words Trish Rankin

Farmers are conservationists at heart. Telling our story around the good work being done to enhance biodiversity on farm is key, and organisations like the Sustainable Business Network are partnering with businesses and landowners to access funds to help fast-track important biodiversity work on farms.

A scheme to find value-added markets for a family farm’s wool clip is now a full-fledged industry. Words and Photos by Malcolm Pullman

Arrowtown’s Royalburn Station owner Carlos Bagrie has developed a tasty and thirst-quenching way to take control of his barley value chain.

Amy Hoogenboom updates us on the fate of Future Beef and its youth event.