Paengaroa based company Comvita is spending a million dollars on hi-tech honey testing equipment following recent overseas concerns about the quality of New Zealand... Read More

A total of 51 more farms were sold for the three months ending August 2013 than the same period last year. Statistics released from the Real Estate Institute of... Read More

A Tauranga man will spend the next two months in jail for stealing $600 worth of avocados from a Katikati orchard. Eugene Brady Powell, 34, appeared in Tauranga... Read More

Producers are missing out on millions of dollars in off-shore earnings from the sale of their food and beverages, according to one industry chairman. Dr Russell... Read More

Tree architecture and flower pruning to improve production will be the hot topics addressed by speakers at this week's New Zealand and Australian Avocado Growers'... Read More

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has been recognised for the quality of its marketing programmes across Asia at the inaugural Asia Fruit Awards presented in Hong Kong last... Read More

Findings from Fonterra's first review into the botulism scare will be translated into Chinese and Spanish to ensure nothing is lost in translation. Chief Executive... Read More

The summer drought, a mild winter and good orchard management are being credited with a significant reduction in Psa-V infections - but kiwifruit growers are warned... Read More

Converting aging cruise liners to floating abattoirs would deliver savings and efficiencies for farmers, believes David Blackley, dry stock farmer of Tauranga. The... Read More

When the man with a foreign accent rang to ask Martin Foster to design and build him a yacht, Martin wasn't impressed. 'I thought it was one of my mates and hung... Read More

Fifty riders will compete for a prize pool of $20,000 in the fast-paced Hyundai Derby at Equidays in October. Equidays spokesperson, Sarah Riches, says the event... Read More

When professor David Hughes walks into his local supermarket, the store greets him (on his mobile phone) and will more than likely make him a special and exclusive... Read More