Keith and Wendy Holdom reckon they got a lot of hidden benefits from entering the Ballance Farm Environment Awards last year. Keith and Wendy, who grow kiwifruit... Read More

The hunt is on for the most sustainable farms in the region as entrants are sought for the 2010 Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. ... Read More

Dairy contractors who polluted the Kopurererua stream have been fined in the Environment Court. Maddison Slurry Spreading Ltd was fined $23,421.93, including costs,... Read More

An art competition for rural kids is being run by the Livestock Improvement Corporation to promote their calf club website. LIC has written to all rural schools... Read More

Rangers acting on local advice have caught a sheep-killing dog at Te Puna. The white dog with black patches was seen by residents. Dog rangers tracked the unregistered... Read More

Tauranga author and spray campaigner Tommy ‘Kapai' Wilson says his email has been flooded with messages of support following the meeting about hydrogen cyanamide... Read More

According to an online survey by ShapeNZ, a website run by the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development, only 10 per cent of farm owners and managers... Read More

A Bay of Plenty sharemilker has been elected president of New Zealand Young Farmers. Richard Fowler of Te Puke was elected at the organisation's annual general... Read More

Following a meeting about hydrogen cyanamide sprays held at Te Puna School earlier this week, SunLive contacted Alan Cliffe, technical manager for NuFarm NZ, distributors... Read More

Japan's largest importer of avocados, Union Company Ltd, can't get enough New Zealand avocados, which is good news for the future of Bay of Plenty growers. ... Read More

A kiwifruit grower has labelled the chemical, hydrogen cyanamide, better known by brand names like Hi-Cane, Breaker and Cyan as the ‘P of the industry'. At... Read More

The use of controversial chemical, hydrogen cyanamide, in New Zealand's kiwifruit industry is expected to come under fire tonight at a public meeting. Hydrogen... Read More