Strong dairy season predicted: Rabobank
Strong dairy season predicted: Rabobank
Falling global supply growth sets the tone for a strong 2018-19 dairy season, Rabobank’s latest dairy quarterly report says.
Sally Rae
Pod's inventors have first aid covered
Pod's inventors have first aid covered
The need for privacy and shelter during medical emergencies at a Dunedin supermarket led three entrepreneurial staff to come up with their own solution.
Group split on how to deal with 'M. bovis'
Group split on how to deal with 'M. bovis'
An independent Technical Advisory Group (Tag) is split on the likelihood of the success of eradication of Mycoplasma bovis from New Zealand.
Southern farmers honoured at awards
Southern farmers honoured at awards
Two southern farming leaders were acknowledged at Federated Farmers' annual awards function in Wellington this week.
Councils' reliance on rating slammed as 'abhorrent'
Councils' reliance on rating slammed as 'abhorrent'
Federated Farmers national president Katie Milne says councils need new ways to diversify their funding and the reliance on rating is "abhorrent" and needs addressing.
Listening to farmers a 'sobering experience'
Listening to farmers a 'sobering experience'
South Canterbury farmer Mark Adams wishes all farmers unaffected by Mycoplasma bovis could sit down with one who is trying to operate under a Restricted Place Notice.
Lamb exports hit new record
Lamb exports hit new record
Lamb export values hit a new record of $369 million in May, smashing the previous high of $340 million set in February 2009, Stats NZ figures sho
City’s start-up culture ‘attractive because it’s raw’
City’s start-up culture ‘attractive because it’s raw’
Dunedin entrepreneur Aleks Dahlberg loves the culture of start-ups in the city.
Purpose and passion combine
Purpose and passion combine
At the age of 40, North Otago farmers Jenny Malcolm, with her husband Bill, achieved a lifelong goal of dry stock farm ownership.
Loss of wool training organisation keenly felt
Loss of wool training organisation keenly felt
The demise of Te Ako Wools is a "significant blow" for the wool industry, Federated Farmers says.
Taking home new knowledge
Taking home new knowledge
Farming in New Zealand and Nigeria are poles apart.
1000Minds helps make world's decisions
1000Minds helps make world's decisions
When it boils down to it, life is a series of decisions.
Husband can stay, wife must go, immigration says
Husband can stay, wife must go, immigration says
She is a nurse, he is a herd manager on a Taieri dairy farm and has a commerce degree.
Immigration stands firm over visa
Immigration stands firm on declining wife's visa
A Taieri-based nurse does not have the right to request reconsideration after her application for a work visa was declined, Immigration New Zealand says.
MPs object to Air NZ's vege burger
MPs object to Air NZ's vege burger
Air New Zealand has been criticised by rural-focused MPs for its decision to serve the Impossible Burger on its Los Angeles to Auckland flight.
Dairy index falls 5%
Dairy index falls 5%
Global dairy prices took a dive in this week's GlobalDairyTrade auction, dipping to a six-month low.
Pagan’s shear determination
Pagan’s shear determination on screen
She might be the South’s latest film star but Pagan Karauria is no prima donna actress.
Survey: farmer confidence down
Survey: farmer confidence down
Concerns about the impact of Mycoplasma bovis has seen farmer confidence slide over the past quarter, the latest Rabobank rural confidence survey has shown.
Decision made on fate of defunct Gore meat plant
Decision made on fate of defunct Gore meat plant
Blue Sky Meats has decided to sell its Gore plant which has been non-operational since late 2016.
Focus on native vegetation
Focus on native vegetation
Research is being undertaken to measure the carbon-sequestering potential of 1.4million hectares of native forest on New Zealand's sheep and beef farms.