Rural and farming news

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Busting dairy's ‘tonne of nitrogen’ myth

OPINION: It's time to rethink assumptions about dairy cows and NZ's groundwater quality.

Summer questions: A year of change for dairy - Fonterra's Matt Bolger reflects

MD of co-operative affairs says the sale of Mainland will deliver value back to farmers.

Dairy expo returns to Bedford Park in February

The two-day expo runs at Bedford Park, Matamata, on February 18 and 19.

Latent demand returns: Big dairy price lift buoys hopes of market turn

Middle East buyers nearly doubled their share of GDT volumes to 21%.

The Country: Neil Bateup's New Year Honour for rural sector service

Neil Bateup, Rowland and Ingrid Smith, Kate Scott, Kate Acland, and Dr Jacqueline Rowarth.

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Busting dairy's ‘tonne of nitrogen’ myth

OPINION: It's time to rethink assumptions about dairy cows and NZ's groundwater quality.

The Country: Shearer Simon Goss on breaking world record

Wayne Langford, Mike McIntyre, Kate Scott, Simon Goss and Phil Duncan.

The Country: Who is Jamie Mackay's Ag Person of the Year?

On air today: Carson, Wyn-Harris, Rookes, Guy, Duncum, Wiggins, Brandolino, McKay.

Seaweed to gold: Inside NZ’s nanocellulose breakthrough

The biorefinery can produce up to 1600kg of nanocellulose hydrogel weekly.

Farming with AI: Waipukurau farmer moves his stock while on holiday in Colombia

'It was just one of those light bulb moments like ‘holy s*** I need this.'

Chris Bray: 3 tech megatrends driving NZ's post-harvest revolution

OPINION: We need machine-driven agriculture, but with human oversight and innovation.

The newest farmhands are tiny and pink and love devouring a potent pollutant

Microbes at a California dairy farm cut effluent storage pond methane by more than 85%.

Seaweed to gold: Inside NZ’s nanocellulose breakthrough

The biorefinery can produce up to 1600kg of nanocellulose hydrogel weekly.

Summer questions: A year of change for dairy - Fonterra's Matt Bolger reflects

MD of co-operative affairs says the sale of Mainland will deliver value back to farmers.

Search our map: Swathes of NZ land bought by Ikea for forestry

Ikea's NZ land holdings will soon be the size of the entire Nelson region. See it mapped.

Teacher turns lockdown hobby into new distillery business

'The environment has played a key role in what we’re about.'

Farmers revive Hororātā Hall’s historic paddock to fund community’s future

The 5ha block was gifted by Sir John Hall in 1890 to fund the Hororātā Hall.

Farmer’s rare 1939 Ford truck finds new life in 'man shed'

The 3-tonne 1939 Ford flathead V8 was imported from the United States.

Shade: The best ways to chill out in your garden this summer

OPINION: Whatever you choose, remember that summer is for relaxing, not baking.

Pastures Past: How donkeys and mules carried kids, cargo and Kiwi troops

Six Ponui-bred donkeys were brought to Auckland Zoo in 1937 to give children rides.

Summer questions: A year of change for dairy - Fonterra's Matt Bolger reflects

MD of co-operative affairs says the sale of Mainland will deliver value back to farmers.

Homes evacuated amid North Island forest fires as temps across NZ remain high

Many centres in the North Island were pushed towards heat records on Sunday.

Search our map: Swathes of NZ land bought by Ikea for forestry

Ikea's NZ land holdings will soon be the size of the entire Nelson region. See it mapped.

Teacher turns lockdown hobby into new distillery business

'The environment has played a key role in what we’re about.'