The person who turns up every month and makes the tea for the school PTA meeting might not be someone you recognise as a community hero, but their steady contribution…
Increasing demand for dairy produce is accompanied by growing concerns about waste and the impact of dairying on water quality owing to annual nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) loss, with ranges…
John and Sarah Wright’s farm is in one of the most beautiful areas in the country. And despite being close to the wilderness areas of the Southern Alps and the…
About 30 minutes north of Dunedin lies Pūrākaunui, a small settlement centred around a beautiful tidal inlet. It is an area with rich cultural and historical significance, and it is…
Roger Hill of Hill Laboratories imagines a day when farmers can not only test the fertility of their soil but, using the same samples, also get an assessment of their…
Richard Fitzgerald knows that weather and the climate are topics close to every farmer’s heart. A farmer himself with an active involvement in an intensive irrigated mid-Canterbury-based family farm, Richard…
Feed shortages and winter grazing woes had Sarah O’Connell from The AgriBusiness Group contemplating what alternative tools could help farmers navigate winter. Talking about feed shortages at a winter seminar,…
Regenerative farming has captured people’s attention globally over the last few years with the possibility it could be a model for farming in the future – easier on the environment…
Phil Weir is a busy man. Along with running a family dry-stock farm in the Waikato he is also a farming advisor with Agfirst and has recently completed a Nuffield Scholarship. With a changing climate that is becoming more variable, and…
Trucks frequently visit New Zealand dairy farms, but Regan McCorquindale from RECO worries how many of them are loaded with imported feed. He wondered what could happen to New Zealand’s…
Animal welfare concerns during winter were at the top of the list of reasons farmers chose to look at integrating composting shelters into their dairy farming operations. Keeping their animals…
The kiwifruit industry is under the hammer. A serious shortage of labour due to Covid-19 is behind a drop off in the quality of export fruit. Our reputation in our overseas…