Latest from WTA - Rural

Fran O'Sullivan: Fast net a game changer

Bringing New Zealand into the digital age has been a top priority for the Government. The Ultra Fast Broadband scheme to bring fibre optic internet to the home in urban areas is well under way, but the rural sector isn't being left in the dark ages.

Design a winner for farmers too

A wet July, but a warmer outlook for August

Californians taste our beef

Safety: Don't impose rules that won't work

Understanding leadership and conflict

The conundrum of Overseer

Chinese slowdown hits NZ dairy prices

Bumpy ride ahead for rural roads

The Government has announced an increase to investment in our deteriorating rural roads, but Federated Farmers has concerns as to whether it will be enough.

Paul Dykes: Food safety in stark focus

As a country that grows, processes and sells food products, New Zealand cannot afford to rest on its laurels when it comes to food safety, especially since the Fonterra botulism scare.

Doug Laing: Canterbury farmers simply the best

Dominic George: High country gift is wonderful

I was hardly a model student. If I had devoted as much time to my studies as I did in trying to fashion a timetable that gave me Fridays and Mondays off I may have completed my Bachelor's degree in the standard three years rather than the four it eventual

Prioritise farming budgets now

Chris Lewis: Take care of your greatest asset

The buzz about town is the revised payouts announced by Fonterra and Westland, which have both dropped significantly.

Simple, smart ideas go with the flow

Hamiltonian Rodney Sharp and his wife Angela own a business called Progressive Group - and judging by their three grassroots innovations at Fieldays, the name is apt.

Fran O'Sullivan: Land sales row flares again

Political leaders across the spectrum have pounced on the opportunity to peddle their policies for the impending election - a sound bite or snippet more than sufficient to stir up controversy - particularly on a matter as divisive as land sales to foreign