Legendary cow April earns spot in LIC’s Hall of Fame
Livestock Improvement Corporation Twelve-year-old April, a Southland-based cow and one of New Zeala
Shearing news
Kiwi shearer sets world record in South Africa Aidan Copp, 39, has become the first person to hold w
Born to the land, lived for the sea
Brendon Burns Jim Jessep was born into a family working hill country 50km inland, but his heart was
Health from sunshine
Andrew Ritchie Growing on a block of land off Hammerichs Road in Rapaura is a sea of sunny yellow f
First-timer wins vehicle mileage contest
Glenn Mackay, a first-time entrant at the Rai Valley A&P Show, claimed a win in a unique competition
Good for wool but what about wood?
Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association NZ The announcement by the Government directing publi
OPINION: You couldn’t make this stuff up...
Marcus Musson, Director Forest360 You couldn’t make this stuff up even if you tried. If you had wri
Taimate genes sire international demand
Taimate Angus are celebrating being able to navigate American cattle quality protocols and introduce
Ecology: The importance of soil health in farming
John Barnes, Fertilizer New Zealand Ecology is not something we often think about in our daily live
Foundation for Arable Research seek harvest samples
Fertiliser Association of New Zealand Arable growers are being invited to supply samples of their h
Where to for pastoral farming in this country?
Peter Burton, Functional Fertiliser Or perhaps the question ought to be, is there a future for past
Aimer’s world-first ‘Digital Eyes’ dairy management
Aimer Agtech start-up Aimer Farming made history in 2022 when it launched New Zealand’s first ‘Siri
Velvet values down, but resilience remains
As velvet season nears its close, Seddon-based deer farmer and former New Zealand Deer Farmers Assoc
Rural news in brief
Strong demand at Blenheim calf sales Calves were in strong demand at the March calf sales in Blenhei
Fatigue campaign getting a re-run
Rural Contractors NZ The summer campaign against fatigue run by Rural Contractors NZ is being refre
Wool entity “ecstatic” at new woollen fibre policy
Campaign for Wool NZ The announcement that around 130 Government agencies will be required to use w
Top performing dairy farm in the spotlight
Andrew Ritchie Linkwater dairy farmers Tania Riddington and Tim Murdoch shared their herd improveme
Biosecurity challenges require adequate funding
Tony Orman Biosecurity in Marlborough faces on-going challenges not only in containing current unde
The ‘maverick’, genius and tinkerer
Andrew Ritchie Swiss-based Valentin Blattner, a pioneer in breeding disease resistant grape varieti
Opinion: “It’s like a tariff lollie scramble, but no one wants to catch one”
Marcus Musson, Forest360 And just like that summers’ over. I’m not sure if time goes faster as you
Nutrient uptake in a changing climate
HortNZ Claire Scofield is a recipient of a NZ Fruitgrowers’ Charitable Trust postgraduate scholarsh
On the road with Damian Jacobs
Damian Jacobs has spent the past 18 months driving a milk tanker for Fonterra across the Top of the
Opinion: Cool clear water
Garrick Batten Water - essential for plant, animal and human life and should be a clear, colourless
Mussels ‘doing the dirty work’ to keep waters clean
Mussels may well be coastal waters ‘best new friend’. Scientists at the Nelson-based Cawthron Instit