04:00pm Tue 18 Jan, 2022
It was a double-funding win for PlantTech in the Ministry for Business, Innovation & Employment's (MBIE) latest Endeavour Fund round. In addition to research... Read More
06:00pm Mon 17 Jan, 2022
Huhu grubs have long been prized as a traditional food source and their nutritional value has just been analysed by University of Otago researchers for the first... Read More
11:15am Mon 17 Jan, 2022
The largest packhouse and coolstore in New Zealand has been completed on time and budget despite the challenges posed by Covid-19. Mount Pack & Cool's Stage 4... Read More
07:30am Fri 14 Jan, 2022
A proposed sand quarry near Cambridge is expected to meet the demand from the Waikato and Bay of Plenty and replace several quarries that are coming to an end. The... Read More
07:00pm Wed 12 Jan, 2022
Michael Woodward's father John Woodward was one of the pioneers of Angora goat farming in the late 1970s. Now, the Waikato dairy farmer sees a place for them... Read More
04:00pm Wed 12 Jan, 2022
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited have this week revised the forecast for its 2021/22 New Zealand milk collections. The forecast is now 1500 million kilograms... Read More
08:45am Wed 12 Jan, 2022
Twenty-nine-year-old Mitchell Coombe may not have taken the traditional path in his farming career, but he now manages five dairy farms across the Waikato and... Read More
02:00pm Mon 10 Jan, 2022
A handbook offering practical guidance on how to plant strategically to feed bees is now available free to New Zealand farmers. The document brings together knowledge... Read More
09:14am Mon 10 Jan, 2022
It's Michael and Susie Woodward's third season as farm owners, after they left their Canterbury 50/50 share milking position to buy 170 hectares near Otorohanga... Read More
09:30am Sun 09 Jan, 2022
With summer in full swing, our pets are just as keen as us to spend more time outdoors. Their innate tendency to stalk and injure wildlife mean it's our responsibility... Read More
06:50am Sun 09 Jan, 2022
New Zealand's native bats, also known by their Māori name pekapeka, are thriving at sites in Fiordland and the central North Island due to Department of Conservation... Read More
11:11am Fri 31 Dec, 2021
Well, 2021 certainly has been a year to remember. Covid has dominated headlines for the majority of the year from the first Delta case to lockdowns, traffic light... Read More