Country-Wide October/November 2023

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Paused sharemilker Mark Chamberlain is feeling refreshed in the first weeks of his gap year. And he has plans.

Beef+Lamb New Zealand has announced the finalists for its 2023 awards.