Auckland-based Key Industries has acquired Cut’n’Paste Weed Gels, a trusted New Zealand brand known for its simple, targeted and environmentally responsible weed-control solutions.

With New Zealand farmers feeling disconnected from the financial services available to them, GrowPay, a NZ-founded and run digital financial platform, has launched a new option today to help them reshape their cash flows to match the peaks and troughs of farming.

North Canterbury ag-tech start-up Amua has secured $1.2 million from AgriZeroNZ to accelerate development of its cow wearable technology.

The Safer Rides initiative, which offered farmers heavily discounted crush protection devices (CPDs) for quad bikes, has significantly raised awareness and action around farm vehicle safety, a new report reveals.

The Environmental Protection Authority has approved a new herbicide used to control certain broadleaf and grass weeds in wheat and barley crops.

Making each dollar work harder is something of a catch phrase in the current economy but it’s not a new concept or goal.

A Lighter Touch’s residue and efficacy trial work this season is evaluating 53 products across 22 trials, targeting high priority crop protection control gaps in a range of crops.

Some things that affect apple quality are beyond growers’ control, but there is one management tool that consistently delivers benefits where it counts.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients, together with Yara, is piloting a lower carbon range of specialty horticultural and arable fertilisers aimed at supporting growers looking to supply global food manufacturers.

Cutting-edge primary sector technology from around the globe has a gateway to practical on-farm trials on New Zealand farms, thanks to Agnition’s Farm Innovation Network (FIN).

Building a composting barn has cut one Canterbury dairy farm’s environmental footprint by nearly half while protecting cows and pastures alike on land with imperfect drainage.

Farmers and R&D companies continue to provide feedback following the Agricultural and Horticultural Products Regulatory Review report released in February 2025.

Arable industry peak bodies are united in support of the voluntary royalty declaration and collection system for farm-saved seed (FSS).

Effective parasite control is a key factor in keeping horses healthy, energetic, and performing at their best.

The first calves of a new crossbred dairy-beef offering are now on the ground at a farm near Taupō, and the genetics will be commercially available from spring 2026.

A new precision horticulture tool that guides fruit thinning workers with more accuracy has the potential to reduce unnecessary fruit losses and save New Zealand orchardists thousands of dollars in labour costs.

If your farmers are trying to work out which pasture cultivars represent best value for sowing this season, it’s time to point them to the latest National Forage Variety Trial results.

A landmark trial in Southland has confirmed what many farmers have long suspected – strategic spring nitrogen not only boosts pasture growth, but delivers measurable gains in lamb growth and ewe condition.

Industry has recognised and is addressing an advisory system bias impacting on how crop protection knowledge is extended to growers, New Zealand’s largest farm supplier says.

If your dairy farmers have been talking about emissions intensity lately, spring is a great opportunity to advance that discussion with practical steps to help get their numbers down.