Four Hawke's Bay growers are among the 13 trainees nationwide to be awarded 2014 Horticulture New Zealand Industry Training Scholarships. They are Lewis Houkamau,... Read More

A succinct definition of what biological farming actually means in practice is still to be found, but basically it starts with getting soils healthy and naturally... Read More

Stallion Equipment in Tauranga is the New Zealand agent for three overseas companies, selling a wide variety of internationally-recognised top quality water pump... Read More

Computer programming and sheep dog trialling appear to have little in common, but both are among Laura Geering's skill sets.However, Laura, who lives near Raglan,... Read More

PGG Wrightson Ltd and Xero Ltd are Joint Premier Feature Partners for the 2014 NZ National Fieldays on June 11-14 at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton. ‘Managing... Read More

Most parents would have great difficulty convincing their 11-year-old son to join them for four days of visiting Hereford stud farms - but that was not the case... Read More

Farmers have until May 30 to apply for this year's Rabobank's Executive Development Programme.The programme gives leading farmers from across Australia and New Zealand... Read More

Fonterra farmers who haven't met industry environmental standards won't have their milk collected next season, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Willy Leferink. That's... Read More

It's no accident that Neville Marsh is a successful rural contractor - he and his team take pride in their work and the service they offer - but indirectly it was... Read More

The first kiwifruit of the 2014 season are on the way to Japan, marking the start of a season which should harvest 16.5 million trays of gold and 65 million trays... Read More

The 2014 National Horticultural Field Day will be held on Thursday, June 5, at Showgrounds Hawke's Bay in Hastings. The organisers have a new partnership with Massey... Read More

There's always a tension between ideals and reality and all too often it's farming and horticulture which get caught between the two. Ideally we'd like our environment... Read More