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…
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…
Twice a week, it’s lights, camera, action for Paterangi farm manager Andrew Macky – and thousands seeking a glimpse of New Zealand farm life are there watching him. Last Friday – as he would normally…
Terry Blackler, a man described as having the ‘true measure of a Lion’, has been recognised by the service organisation with the release on Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari of a Kiwi chick called ‘Blackler Sticky Beak’….
Waipā farmers finally have a free solution to complete an accurate and approved farm environment plan which shows their farm terrain down to the nearest metre. Three-dimensional mapping data known as LiDar (Light Detection and…
Ben and Robyn Stinson’s family business in Horahora, Black Shepherd Apiaries, has been named an award-winner in this year’s Outstanding NZ Food Producer Awards. The gold and silver medals they won for their Pure NZ…
Forty per cent of the people who attend an Owl Farm public open day at St Peter’s School in Cambridge have never been on a dairy farm in their lives. And Jo Sheridan revels in…
“Approximately 50 per cent of mental health conditions start before a person turns 12 years old and one in four New Zealand children will experience a mental health issue before the age of 18,” –…
It would be unfair to suggest that October’s frost which claimed over 90 per cent of Monavale Organic Blueberries’ crop turned the owners to drink. But in a way it did. Faced with a dire…
Fieldays wrapped up on Saturday after four days with mixed reviews about the event being held at the end of spring and into summer, traditionally a busy time on most New Zealand farms. Some of…
