Born out of a backyard moment in Northland, Bonno Dog Chews creates natural, eco-friendly dog chews made from waste mānuka wood.

Farmers in Mid Canterbury are embracing technology to tackle one of agriculture’s biggest environmental challenges - nitrate in waterways.

With 14 staff and 32,000 stock units, Carey Pawson-Edwards doesn’t have time for clunky admin. He needs his data in the right place at the right time to make fast, informed decisions.

Delivering local crop protection solutions to New Zealand farmers and horticulturalists is at the core of Arxada NZ.

A New Zealand research collaboration is exploring a wide range of high-value uses for grape marc, the material left over after winemaking.

The world’s first commercial seaweed nanocellulose biorefinery, which opened in Paeroa in October, will positively impact a range of industries while minimising waste.

Endophytes are naturally occurring fungi found inside many grass species, including ryegrass.

Ten years. At least 17,000 km. Millions of dollars. Countless hours spent on research and running DNA tests. Bootstrapped technology.

Legion and Reason are two of Agricom’s recent ryegrass releases, backed by years of farmer experience and proven performance in the paddock.

If growing more feed at home adds up to $428 profit per tonne of dry matter to your dairy farmers’ bottom line, wouldn’t it be good to recommend a ryegrass that gets them there quicker?

The regulatory phase-out of the organo-phosphate insecticides diazinon and chlorpyrifos has closed the door on two widely used insecticides — but it also opens the door to innovative biological alternatives.

New industry research investigating alternatives to woven polypropylene seed bags has also revealed stark data about the fragility of endophyte in ryegrass seed when it’s not cool-stored.

Choosing pasture seed at bargain prices may seem an attractive way for farmers to reduce autumn or spring re-sowing costs, but it comes with significant risks.

Setting up paddocks for autumn pasture renewal is arguably the most important part of the entire process, so the more you can do to help your farmers get this step right, the happier they will be with their results.

The livestock sector is booming and so is demand for high quality forage, be it forage brassicas or fodder beet.

Why would a new crop protection business, with a special interest in innovative products, bother entering the New Zealand market when bigger players struggling with some of the longest regulatory timeframes in the world are pulling back?

For New Zealand’s fodder beet and forage brassica growers, timing is everything - and so is confidence in your crop protection.

How many times have your farmers told you grass is not a worry in brassica crops because it’s free feed and the cows will eat it?

It’s not just armies that march on their stomachs. Slugs do too.

If you think you’re seeing a lot more yellow around lately, your eyes are not deceiving you.