Rural

Winners in sustainable farming

Bay of Plenty dairy farmers Jens and Min Wulff take real pride in their Ngawaro farm and are amazed they won the LIC Dairy Award at the 2010 Bay of Plenty Farm Environment... Read More

Georgia goes top in NZ

Ten year old country music singer Georgia Baker-Trebilco is now New Zealand Country Music Association Junior Entertainer of the Year. See video below of Georgia... Read More

Quality of NZ meat at risk

Moves by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) to allow meat companies to do their own inspections will put human health and overseas markets at risk, says... Read More

Thistle miner picks in the Kaimai

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is employing the help of the Californian thistle stem miner to combat the spread of problematic thistles in the Lower Kaimai. An adult... Read More

Major change for dairy contest

The 2011 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are launched with a number of changes to the country's longest running dairy competition. One of the most significant... Read More

New gorse rules explored

Recent work in the Lake Rotorua and Lake Okareka catchments suggests gorse could be contributing large amounts of nitrogen to these lakes each year. Bay of Plenty... Read More

Spray drift complaints up

Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reporting the number of complaints it has received about drift from seasonal kiwifruit spraying has increased this year. The council's... Read More

Poor animal husbandry punished

A Coromandel farm owner and property developer and his farm worker have been convicted of deliberately breaching a court imposed disqualification order under the... Read More

Big merger in kiwifruit industry

Two of the biggest post harvest kiwifruit operators in the Bay of Plenty are merging to create a new fully grower-owned supply cooperative. Satara Co-operative... Read More

EW on alert over rain warning

Environment Waikato is warning of more potential for flooding as forecast heavy rain threatens to place significant pressure on already swollen rivers and saturated... Read More

Zespri moves to cultivate young

Zespri is offering scholarships worth $3000 each to secondary school students choosing to study horticulture or a related field at a New Zealand tertiary institute.... Read More

ACC farm warning after bad weather

The Accident Compensation Corporation is warning Bay of Plenty farmers to be extra vigilant of dangers on their properties following the severe weather that tore... Read More