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Outlook mixed across the Tasman

Australian crop production is expected to be hit with rainfall deficiencies starting to emerge across several agricultural regions.

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Give me a break

Covid put the kibosh on her trip two years ago, but in July this year Alison Robertson finally got away.

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Milk price reduces options

Impacts of cuts to forecasted milk payments to the nation’s 12,000 dairy farms are expected to ripple across the wider economy, including the arable sector. By Victoria Rutherford.

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Making it fair for everyone

The Firearms Registry is a major change, with all licence holders now required to register each firearm after an ‘activating circumstance’ such as a licence renewal or a change of address.

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Farmers need science-led methane review

Global understanding of climate change science has evolved significantly since New Zealand’s emissions reduction targets were set in 2019.

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We’re off to France and Italy

John Scott and family have become involved in Scotland’s agritourism.

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Tech investment drives business

Investment in precision agriculture and a focus on input efficiencies is showing tangible results for a South Canterbury farming family. By Victoria Rutherford.

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Driving plant productivity

Generating $30 billion a year and employing one in every 10 people, New Zealand’s economic fortunes rest heavily on the productivity of its pastoral sector. By Sandra Taylor.

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Turning up the heat

Nick Loughnan is blown away by the vision of a lost glacier.

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Research into no wool and finer wool

Landcorp chief executive Mark Leslie believes a benefit of more than $40 million a year could be delivered by 2040 to the sheep industry through two of its subsidiary Focus Genetics’ research programmes. By Glenys Christian.

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