Australian and New Zealand regulators are testing a new joint registration pathway aimed at speeding up access to agricultural chemicals and veterinary medicines on both sides of the Tasman.

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?

Sheep farmers have always relied on stock sense: knowing when animals are thriving and when something is just not right.

When it comes to livestock parasite management, the stakes are high - animal productivity, welfare, and farm profitability all depend on effective control strategies.

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.

Crop protection provider Kenso NZ is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Pattullo, who takes the position of New Zealand forestry sales manager.

Sheep farmers have always relied on stock sense: knowing when animals are thriving and when something is just not right.

Cast your mind back to 1982. Rob Muldoon is Prime Minister of New Zealand, and a flagship project in his ambitious, heavily criticised Think Big infrastructure build-out is just cranking up in Taranaki.

Cropmark Seeds has expanded its fodder beet portfolio with the introduction of four new varieties, further strengthening what is now the most extensive fodder beet range available in New Zealand.

On a fifth-generation Southland dairy farm, Suzanne and Maurice Hanning have reshaped their breeding strategy using sexed semen for the first time across the whole herd.

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.

Non-replacement dairy calves could become much more valuable if a new three year, Government backed industry programme succeeds.

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.

Building a profitable farming business has never been simple.

A third-year agribusiness student from a Taranaki dairy farming family has been named the second recipient of the Dr Warren Parker and Pamu agricultural scholarship.

If you haven’t yet brought yourself back up to speed with best practice calf rearing, a quick review of the essentials this month means you’ll be on point with customer support when the rush begins.

A new herbicide has been approved for use in beet crops grown for livestock feed, giving farmers another option for controlling problem broadleaved weeds, like velvetleaf.

Ruralco CEO Tony Aitken has been awarded excellence in business leadership at the recent ANZ Business of the Year Awards in Ashburton.

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