A new Westpac NZ community banking van begins making visits around Northland this week.

New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is sharing guidance to prevent people from contracting listeriosis, a rare yet life-threatening foodborne illness.

Matt McRae, a farmer from Mokoreta in Southland who runs a sheep, beef and dairy support business alongside a sheep stud, has been elected to the Beef +Lamb NZ Board as a farmer director. 

New Zealand's dairy and beef industries say they welcome the announcement that the Government will invest $10.49 million in the Dairy Beef Opportunities (DBO) programme.

Ravensdown's next evolution in smart farming technology, HawkEye Pro, was awarded the Technology Section Award at the Southern Field Days Farm Innovation Awards in February 2026.

While mariners may recognise a “dog watch” as a two-hour shift on a ship, the Good Dog Work Watch is quite a different concept and the clever creation of Southland siblings Grace (9) and Archer Brown (7), both pupils at Riverton Primary School.

The parent company of Fendt, Massey Ferguson and Valtra – AGCO – reports lower net sales of around US10.1 billion in 2025, but forecasts a lift in 2026.

Southland rural contractor and current NZ Ploughing champion Mark Dillon has got his tractor back after it enjoyed some extensive OE.

With an extensive cultivation portfolio, Amazone entered a new era in tillage 25 years ago when it launched the newly developed Catros in 2001, an innovative design with a high performance, compact, shallow stubble cultivator, initially sold as a three-point linkage mounted implement.

Body condition scoring ewes at least six weeks out from mating can make a significant difference to conception rates and scanning percentages.

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