09:00am Wed 14 Jun, 2023
Fieldays gates are open and people have started pouring in this morning despite heavy traffic congestion around the region. For visitors heading to the four-day... Read More
08:00pm Mon 12 Jun, 2023
The National Party has announced its plan to reduce agricultural emissions, including pushing back the final deadline by which farmers have to start paying for... Read More
01:00pm Mon 12 Jun, 2023
Produce experts are warning the low levels of light over the last few months, coupled with a crop failure in 2022 is adding up to a shortage of fresh tomatoes... Read More
10:45am Sun 11 Jun, 2023
A six-week-old puppy was dumped in a New World shopping bag and abandoned on the side of a north Waikato road in the rain. The staffy-cross was malnourished,... Read More
09:15am Sun 11 Jun, 2023
In less than a weeks' time Fieldays, the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event will open its gates for the 55th year. This year marks a significant... Read More
08:00pm Thu 08 Jun, 2023
A plan to price New Zealand's agricultural emissions may be out to pasture before it gets going, as National backs away from supporting He Waka Eke Noa. The... Read More
04:00pm Thu 08 Jun, 2023
Attempts on both the men's and women's World eight-hours strongwool lambs shearing records are to be made in New Zealand just eight days apart later this year. The... Read More
09:10am Thu 08 Jun, 2023
More than nine out of ten New Zealanders are meat-eaters, a survey has found; though almost half of Kiwis have reduced their meat consumption in response to issues... Read More
11:45am Tue 06 Jun, 2023
Lehmber Singh is up preparing for peak kiwifruit harvest well before the sun rolls over the horizon at his Te Puke orchard. He's from Chak Chela, a small Indian... Read More
10:45am Tue 06 Jun, 2023
With viticulturist great grandparents, market gardener grandparents, and farmer parents, it wasn't a surprise that Restore Native founder, Adam Thompson ended... Read More
11:00am Sat 03 Jun, 2023
Rotoehu homeowner Joan Blair has gone from living her dream to her worst nightmare. She is among those in the small lakeside community near Rotorua with water... Read More
07:00am Wed 31 May, 2023
With Moving Day just around on the corner on June 1, it's an exciting but busy time for the dairy farming community. It's the day dairy farming families, contract... Read More