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Detours still the norm

Wairoa Mayor and farmer Craig Little says he's frustrated at the delays in repairing the bridge across the Te Reinga river.

It's still taking some farmers around the Northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa twice as long to get to Gisborne or Wairoa because the bridge across the Te Reinga river is still not fixed.

Headwinds hit SFF

Silver Fern Farms Chief Supply Chain Officer Dan Boulton speaks to farmers at a Supplier Roadshow event at Ashburton. Photo Credit: Nigel Malthus

Silver Fern Farms is facing "a huge amount of headwinds".

Fantasy vs reality?

Jane Smith, founding member of the Methane Science Accord.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith is questioning the modus operandi of AgriZeroNZ - the industry and government partnership working to find a solution to reducing farm methane emissions.

Challenging year for Farmlands

Farmlands chief executive Tanya Houghton.

Rural retailer and supplier Farmlands concedes it has had a challenging year.

Alliance result 'disappointing'

‘Disappointing’ is how Alliance Group is describing its latest annual result.

Rural insurer pays out $228m

Rural insurer FMG has paid out $228 million to communities impacted by two major weather-related events - Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods.

Pāmu celebrates 10,000ha permanently protected

Pāmu has reached the 10,000-hectare milestone, with the registration of five blocks on Dale Farm in the Te Anau Basin.

Pāmu is celebrating a significant milestone in its on-farm biodiversity protection and restoration programme, with over 10,000 hectares of important native habitat now protected in perpetuity with QEII covenants.

Food prices dip slightly but still high

Grocery food prices led the annual price increases, up 7.9%.

Food prices in New Zealand were 6.3% higher than a year ago but were cheaper in October 2023 than they were a month earlier, according to figures from Stats NZ.

Hurunui farmers enjoy 'slice of wellbeing' delivered on farm

The North Canterbury Vets team with the Slice of Wellbeing boxes.

While takeout deliveries may not reach the farm, remote households in Hurunui now have access to an innovative wellbeing delivery service that provides mental health support to their doorsteps.

Northland farmers urged to sign up for free fencing

The charity has staged four Farmers Community Connect events in the past four months.

The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) charity is urging farmers in the Wellsford area to sign up quickly for their share of hundreds of thousands of dollars of fencing materials.