OPINION: The farm policy on the table this election, what it could mean for land, and why the market you're in today still matters most
OPINION: When I was little, I had a book of short stories set in a futuristic world.
“Who decides what quality is? How do we know it when we see it?” Julia Harding MW’s opening question set the tone for the third Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium held in Te Matau-a-Māui in September. Across two days in Hastings, delegates examined quality in Chardonnay, how it is understood, perceived, discussed and communicated, in the vineyard, in the winery and in the glass.
OPINION: Most farmers know which company collects their milk, processes their meat, supplies their fertiliser or lends them money. But how many know that many of those same companies are investing hundreds of millions in technologies designed to intervene in the natural digestive process of our animals? Did anyone ask farmers whether this is the future they want?
OPINION: Being the father of four, children’s books from our local library were regularly at our place.
OPINION: Making it easier to collect rainwater and use it to grow crops and livestock is a no brainer.
I am often asked by industry people, what are the options for removing a grapevine without producing a phytosanitary problem? Can it be done sustainably? What will it cost me?
Thousands of tonnes of Marlborough winery waste could be transformed into a valuable resource for vineyards through a new regional programme led by Bragato Research Institute.
OPINION: Rivers never sit still. They start as snowmelt and rain in the high country, pick up a creek here and a stream there, and carry all of it down to where it's needed.
OPINION: New health and safety guidance unveiled by the Government recently provides farmers greater certainty about what is expected of them when managing risks on farm.
New positions are being advertised each day and applications have begun around the country. Here are a few tips from Kim Robinson, AgFirst, for both recruiters and applicants.
OPINION: We are only weeks from the election, and my vote is looking for a home.
OPINION: New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that farming and food production is a matter of ‘core national resilience’ and must be spoken about in Whitehall at the same level as issues with ‘defence, energy, water and steel’.
Sam Whitelock is an All Black rugby great, Farmstrong Ambassador and working dairy farmer in the Manawatu. Having stepped away from professional sport and returned to his roots on the family farm, he talks about balancing farm life with advocating for rural wellbeing.
OPINION: There could hardly be a more appropriate theme for a conference than the one chosen by the red meat sector - Navigating Volatility.
OPINION: As I approach three months in my role as New Zealand Winegrowers Chief Executive, one message has come through consistently in conversations across the country: many members, particularly growers, are facing a challenging period.
OPINION: The United States wine market has changed forever, and companies cannot use same old playbook, said Erin Kirschenmann at the New Zealand Wine 2026 Wine Business Forum in August.
OPINION: A founding principle of Groundswell NZ is that farmers, and people generally, should be provided with full and accurate information about regulations that directly affect them.
OPINION: Well, the silly season is upon us and all us politicians are running around shaking babies and kissing hands, or maybe the other way around.
OPINION: Have a plan in place now!
OPINION: More than three decades ago, I was part of a group who received a monthly audio cassette tape from international leadership statesman, Dr. John Maxwell.
OPINION: Warning bells are ringing in the arable sector.
OPINION: Succession and long-term planning are perennial topics because it is perpetually sidelined on busy farms.
OPINION: One of the privileges of judging the Ballance Farm Environment Awards for more than a decade is the opportunity to spend time on farms and orchards across New Zealand and hear from people constantly looking for ways to improve their businesses.
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