Biosecurity operational specialist Barry O'Neil is the new Kiwifruit Vine Health Inc chief executive. KVH board chairman Peter McBride made the announcement this... Read More

Once upon a time, before the Dairy Goat Cooperative came along, if you had a baby with intolerance, you probably needed to keep a goat and milk it. These days they... Read More

If aquaculture is to reach the $1 billion target by 2025, it must diversify. Government has a leading role to play in encouraging the research and development that... Read More

Speakers at the recent three-yearly Maize Conference, hosted by the Foundation for Arable Research, made growing maize seem something like an art form these days. Even... Read More

Originally thought of as an isolated Waikato problem, Yellow Bristle Grass is rapidly spreading to wherever it can hitch a ride. It has already shown up in Taranaki,... Read More

While the scientists and the sceptics continue to ask for ‘proof' on how ‘biological farming', focused on soil health, can work better than chemicals,... Read More

A Katikati dairy farmer has a pressure gauge connected to his toilet water pressure so while he's taking a leak he can also see if there is a water leak on the farm. It's... Read More

Is your garden bursting with tomatoes or overrun with pumpkins? Are your feijoa or lemon trees dripping with fruit? Do you grow a few herbs in pots and wonder what... Read More

One of the country's top kiwifruit growers says there is a lot to learn about growing the new Gold variety - G3. It is being touted as a possible replacement for... Read More

The Psa-V virus destroying Zespri's Hort16A Gold kiwifruit strain may provide Turners and Growers with the lever that opens New Zealand kiwifruit exports to non-Zespri... Read More

The recent Maize Conference was an opportunity to have a good look at what is being done with maize in New Zealand, and its future potential yields and uses. FAR... Read More

Mamaku team are Supreme Winners of the 2012 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. Farm owners Jim and Barbara Hitchcock and sharemilkers, Rhys and Kim... Read More