An outstanding horticultural leader, known for her knack of turning strategy and ideas into reality on the ground for growers, has been awarded the 2025 Animal and Plant Health New Zealand (APHANZ) Lifetime Achievement Award.

One of New Zealand’s two locally owned flour mills is set to be sold to offshore interests if a proposed acquisition gets the tick from the Commerce Commission.

From this winter farmers have more animal feed choice than ever before, now that Farmlands has bought animal nutrition manufacturer SealesWinslow.

Stoney Creek has upgraded its popular Force 18 wet weather gear to create what it describes as the ultimate rural rainwear weapon engineered to dominate the elements.

A recent trial conducted near Lincoln, Canterbury assessed the performance and ability of Agricom’s modern white clover proprieties to increase annual production compared to a commodity clover (Huia), under synthetic nitrogen limitations in a standard ryegrass mix.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients will stop making super single phosphate at Mt Maunganui later this year, with a net loss of 60 jobs.

A big new facility in Hamilton built to put premium grass seed on farm faster and in peak condition for sowing has sailed through its first season.

Now is not the time to stop incorporating plantain into dairy pasture systems to reduce nitrogen loss, says Agricom Australasia brand manager Mark Brown.

Sowing high quality forage crops for next season’s feed may seem a long time away, but spring will come round fast — and the better your farmers plan ahead, the better their outcome will be.

Komodo, a new post plant pre-emerge herbicide registered by Arxada for use in fodder and sugar beet, is now commercially available for the market.

What happens when two long-standing New Zealand brands that are passionate about wool come together?

A new fertiliser spreading standard is a key step in efforts to improve nutrient management across New Zealand farms, Federated Farmers says.

Drawing on its successful model in Australia – where it has a mix of company-owned and independently operated stores – Nutrien Ag Solutions is bringing a similar experience to New Zealand as a wholesale supplier to Ruralco.

Septoria resistance to existing fungicides in New Zealand wheat crops continues to evolve, prompting leading crop protection supplier Corteva AgriScience to double down on the importance of strategic, informed disease management.

A new guide on growing resilient pastures is a first for New Zealand, the lead author says.

New Zealand Food Safety can’t say for sure when it will make a final decision on the proposed increase in Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for glyphosate in NZ arable crops, but expects to take the next steps in this consultation mid-2025.

Ravensdown has launched a pilot programme across 18 farms to trial HawkEye Pro – a new system that could reduce fertiliser costs, drive precision application and improve production for New Zealand’s livestock, dairy and arable farms.

Established pastures are just as important a ‘crop’ as any other when it comes to maximising land productivity, and keeping them clean and high yielding can pay big dividends.

Farmers have a new option for dealing with grass weeds and storksbill in high value swede crops this season, thanks to a new registration for Gallant Ultra.

A new project, with funding from the T R Ellett Agricultural Research Trust, has begun to research whether catch crops can be grown in particularly harsh winter conditions and what the benefit would be, not just to the environment but to the farmer’s back pocket too.