Rural

Edgecumbe farmer top of his game

Edgecumbe's Thomas Chatfield is the 2016 New Zealand Dairy Manager of the Year, taking the title at the industry's prestigious awards night in Wellington on Saturday. The... Read More

Fonterra confirms early payout

Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited today confirmed it will pay part of its forecast final dividend earlier, to support farmers during a time of extremely tight... Read More

Fonterra launches new global brand

Fonterra has launched its new global foodservice brand, Anchor Food Professionals, aimed at helping cement the co-operative's position as a leader in foodservice.... Read More

Dairy cow numbers down

After nine years of consecutive increase, the number of dairy cattle in New Zealand fell to 6.5 million in 2015, Statistics New Zealand reports today. ''The dairy... Read More

Record kiwifruit shipment to Asia

Stevedores worked through the night at the Port of Tauranga, loading 6114 pallets of kiwifruit on to the largest vessel Zespri has ever chartered for Asia. Today... Read More

Joining forces against fruit fly

The battle against fruit fly incursions has taken another step up with the signing in of an operational agreement to reduce the damaging impacts of the insect on... Read More

Organic milk on the rise

The global demand for organic milk has been dramatically underlined by Fonterra's opening 2016-17 season forecast for its organic suppliers of $9.20 per kilogram... Read More

Feijoa moth a real bug

An insect devastating Northland feijoa crops is just a 'bad bag of fruit' away from ruining the much-enjoyed autumn fruit in Nelson/Tasman. The arrival of the pest... Read More

New smokechaser for Coromandel

A customised Isuzu D-Max 4x4 double cab smokechaser that's due to arrive in the country this month is destined for the Coromandel. It will be the first of its kind... Read More

Fruit growers to test skills

Some of region's best young fruit growers will converge on Tauranga to put their skills to the test. Mills Reef Winery will be playing host to the Bay of Plenty... Read More

Kiwifruit given the all clear

Zespri has found that there is 'no risk to consumer health” after concerns of grease being found on some of its kiwifruit tray liners. Around 1.7 million trays... Read More

Farmers doing their bit

Despite tough seasons, dairy farmers have stepped up and made significant progress on meeting their environmental commitments to New Zealanders, according to a new... Read More