Agri-innovators, top-flight speakers and two full days of networking are the promise of the 2024 East Coast Farming Expo.
Farmers will get an opportunity to see the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) genetics programme in action at a field day at Lochinver Station next month.
The rise and rise of top-class female shearers is a growing phenomenon in NZ – especially during recent times.
David and Lynley Stevens have finished up running the well-known Northern Southland Netherdale Red Deer Stud and have gone out on a high.
Adding solar power generation to the rural economy is picking up pace, with one of the country's leading solar generation companies announcing plans for another 150 GWh (gigawatt-hours) per year at three Canterbury sites.
A nursery initiative to empower Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) shareholders to grow their own native seedlings has proven successful.
Investment by landowners to keep stock and sediment out of the Rangitikei River and its tributaries has been given the big tick from a population of Dwarf Galaxiids, which require healthy streams to survive.
A research project breeding sheep which emit less methane, with the potential to reduce methane emissions if these sheep can be farmed throughout New Zealand, has picked up a prestigious award.
There's a serious message behind two new East Coast Farming Expo initiatives.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana is seeking applications from rivers and drainage scheme ratepayers to join its Rivers Scheme Advisory Groups.
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