A pilot programme targeting Year 9 and 10 students and getting them hands-on with wool has been hailed a success, with hopes of a full roll-out to come.

All eyes are on fruit quality and pricing as New Zealand’s largest ever kiwifruit harvest moves from orchard to market.

When you hear the words ‘intensive beef feedlot’ you might think of something like Five Star Beef’s long-running operation in Canterbury.

Times may have been tough for arable growers lately, but that wasn’t enough to stop dozens of them entering what’s thought to be the longest running crop contest of its kind last summer.

Teaming up with retail and digital service players will transform rural mental health, the Rural Support Trust says.

Progress in clearing the years-long backlog of hazardous substance approvals remains slow in the areas that matter most to primary producers, despite the Environmental Protection Authority reporting improvements in overall throughput.

What could be so sensitive about any piece of New Zealand farm land — or its new foreign owner — that every detail of it changing hands in February remains an apparently unprecedented secret?

Seed harvested next season will be the first to be fully certified under a new national digital system, marking a major change for how the industry operates in New Zealand.

Strong wool is being put to use in a new way, as a Christchurch-based company partners with outdoor clothing brand Kathmandu to turn coarse wool into printing pigment for garments.

A new report reveals New Zealand's horticulture sector depends heavily on a mere handful of inter-regional routes for transporting produce worth billions.

Donaghys Agriculture will continue to supply animal health and other products to existing retail customers after being bought by Farmlands for an unknown sum last month.

In New Zealand agriculture, most innovation does not start in a boardroom.

Entrants have until April 24 to put their names forward for the 2026 Fieldays Innovation Awards.

As New Zealand summers get hotter and drier, the Bioeconomy Science Institute is backing research into climate-resilient pastures by sourcing seeds worldwide.

Tenders are due to close soon for those wanting to farm Molesworth commercially for up to 30 years, and one thing is certain – proposals involving exotic forestry, deer farming, safari parks and water abstraction will not be considered.

New Zealand faces a rapidly escalating wilding pine problem Wakatipu business leader Grant Hensman says is undermining power generation, water security and tourism.

OSPRI is testing the latest drone and thermal imaging technology to add to its toolbox in the fight against bovine TB.

Lincoln University and McCain Foods have teamed up to convert part of the university’s research dairy farm into a future-focused arable unit, with the first crops due to be sown this autumn.

Kiwis from all walks of life will return to work this summer knowing the true peril posed by wilding pines to our landscapes, productivity and biodiversity, thanks to a bold new publicity campaign launched late last year.

The inaugural survey of members by Animal and Plant Health New Zealand (APHANZ) shows no sign of meaningful change since a Ministry for Regulation review earlier this year.