Jon and Steph Russell are the 2010 Bay of Plenty Sharemilkers of the Year after receiving their prize at the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards dinner on Tuesday... Read More

The kiwifruit picking season is underway as some orchardists begin to harvest their Gold variety fruit. From pre picking sampling, Zespri is confident 2010 will... Read More

Bay of Plenty based kiwifruit and avocado packhouse and coolstore cooperative Satara is reporting a steady result from 2009 with a dividend of two cents per investor... Read More

Bay of Plenty avocado growers are expecting the highest payouts in 20 years after achieving record peak retail prices of up to $AU5 per piece in Australia this summer. Final... Read More

Kiwifruit orchard manager Matthew Greenbank was named Bay of Plenty Young Fruitgrower of the Year at an awards dinner at Baypark Conference Centre on Wednesday evening. The... Read More

Six of the region's best young fruit growers vie for the title of Bay of Plenty Young Fruitgrower of the Year at Baypark Conference Centre on Wednesday night. Kiwifruit... Read More

The Katikati Fruitgrowers Association is concerned about a lack of biosecurity protection at Rotorua Airport as there is no full time sniffer dog there. Association... Read More

One of the country's top agricultural scientists and Federated Farmers' Agricultural Personality of the Year 2009 Dr Jaqueline Rowarth is guest speaker at Tuesday... Read More

Winners of the supreme award in the Ballance Farm Environment awards announced in Te Puke on Tuesday are Bruce and Tessa Calder and their farm manager Tama Murray. The... Read More

Western Bay dairy farmers are the poorest performers in the Bay of Plenty region when it comes to dairy effluent compliance. Routine farm dairy effluent compliance... Read More

The median price for a farm in the Bay of Plenty rose by about $177,000 in the last three months, according to latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of New... Read More

Te Puke Showgrounds was abuzz with town and country folk on Saturday as the annual Te Puke A&P Show took place. A huge crowd turned out to the agricultural and pastoral... Read More