Waikato Regional Council is sounding alarm bells about grass so invasive it could put half a million hectares of sheep and beef farming at risk. Chilean Needle grass is considered a big enough threat in…
Waikato Regional Council is sounding alarm bells about grass so invasive it could put half a million hectares of sheep and beef farming at risk. Chilean Needle grass is considered a big enough threat in…
Ōhaupō’s Jim van der Poel was re-elected at DairyNZ’s annual meeting in Te Awamutu last week Chairman Van der Poel reported on a challenging and busy year where farmers tackled inflation and regulation issues. “There…
A Cambridge property steeped in history, with a capital value of $17.8 million, could change hands for the first time in more than a century. Dingley Dell, a 165ha Maungatautari dairy farm will be auctioned…
Plan Change One (PC1), Waikato Regional Council’s proposed regulatory framework to better manage freshwater in the Waikato and Waipa river catchments has finally reached the Environment Court hearing stage. This is the final part of…
Award-winning scientist and founder of Hill Laboratories, Dr Roger Hill, may have taken on a test too far when trying to convince Cambridge University of the Third Age (U3A) members that analytical chemistry was riveting…
The impact of Fonterra’s milk price forecast on the greater Waikato, which contributes about 23 per cent of the county’s milk supply, will be significant, a Waipā accountant says. Jarrod Godfrey, Associate Partner at Findex…
Groundbreaking equine reproduction – or horse breeding – research at Equibreed NZ is helping keep work undertaken by Kiwi industry specialists “right up there” on the world stage. And, director Dr Lee Morris says nearly…
“I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years and can’t remember a season that’s been so wet for so long, particularly over summer.” Amongst at times “astronomical rainfall and the tough challenges” that’s brought with it,…
Following legislation that was passed by the Government in 2020, the Freshwater Farm Plan regulations were published in June requiring pastoral or arable land use of more than 20ha and/or horticultural land of more than…
Adam Thompson’s success is, literally, growing. The Te Miro farmer has won a national conservation award after planting one million native trees in his Restore Native nursery last year – and on-selling the seedlings to…
