A Hawke's Bay avocado grower is in disbelief after 50 trees were completely stripped of their fruit. It comes as the Avocado Association is warning growers to keep a closer watch over their crops following a spate of thefts around the country. Hamish......
New Zealand's largest company Fonterra says it is making environmental progress on several fronts, but concedes a setback in the area of emissions intensity. The importation of palm kernel to feed livestock during dry weather raised overall emissions......
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been private messaging New Zealand rapper Tom Scott on Twitter to clear the air on armed repsonse teams. The six-month trial to reduce response times to gun incidents in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury has......
Federated Farmers says in the last six months farmers' satisfaction with their banks has continued to erode and the number who feel under pressure from banks has risen. The latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey, conducted by Research First, showed......
The Otago Regional Council has pledged to lift its game and settle a wrangle over water rights to a central Otago river that dates back 140 years. The council's new chair Marion Hobbs has pledged more resources and more hard work after the council......
Farm animals are suffering in muddy, confined spaces, with many people ignoring the problem and officials unsure of what to do about it, a hard- hitting report has found. The comments came in a report by a special taskforce on winter grazing. The......
It's hoped new research looking at the different grazing personalities of Hereford cows will help high country farmers better use their land. Lincoln University PHD candidate Cristian Moreno is using GPS tracking collars to monitor the differences......
