Public articles

Banks and supermarkets should be called out for hypocrisy. They demand sustainable practices from farmers and egg producers, but don’t adhere to them themselves.

Farmers in parts of the Marlborough Sounds have been cut off from truck access for months and now rely on service by sea. Joanna Grigg reports.

Hanging out of a helicopter to shoot wild game is now a weekly jaunt for Nelson hunting buddies Blair Chapman and Pete Kinane who have turned their hobby into a premium pet-food business, Anne Hardie writes.

BakerAg ag consultant Rachel Joblin takes a look at data and comes up with the changes in lamb production costs for the past 14 years.

Wairarapa’s Wairere Station stands out for its innovative approach to farming in a challenging environment. Tony Leggett reports.

We often hear references to the economic or environmental costs but what about the emotional price?

Reflecting on life in the real world, Mark Chamberlain gets prepared for 2023.

Having seen the United Kingdom’s 1991 foot and mouth outbreak up close as a vet, Dr Tom Brownlie realised there were some early warning signs of the disease’s spread.

 Five years of development has already gone into Rurtec’s cordfree shearing handpiece. Ian Carr, the Hamilton company’s managing director, says the models already on the market are chunky and difficult to handle, removing some of the benefits of not needing to be connected to a power supply.