Waikato Regional Council has secured $2.8 million from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Hill Country Erosion (HCE) Programme in the latest round of funding announced on Sunday.

An army of volunteers has been assembled by the Fencing Contractors Association (FCANZ) who this week (May 18-19) will start refencing cyclone-damaged parts of the Hawke’s Bay.

NZ Avocado Growers Association chief executive Jen Scoular will step down in August after serving 12 years in the role.

DairyNZ says a Sustainable Catchments programme launched this month will see local farmers, DairyNZ and iwi working together to help improve the health of the Pokaiwhenua catchment in the South Waikato.

The countdown to the next World Butchers’ Challenge has begun with the announcement that Paris, France will host the competition in March 2025.

A ‘power couple’ from Taranaki have been named the 2023 New Zealand Share Farmer of the Year.

OPINION: Cyclone Gabrielle has been one of the biggest challenges farmers and growers in affected regions have faced in my lifetime and for one of the districts I am working in, Tararua, this is no exception.

The release of the Arms Amendment Regulations will enable New Zealand’s first comprehensive digital Firearms Registry.

More than 200 Intensive Winter Grazing (IWG) consents have been issued by Otago Regional Council (ORC) to farmers in recent months for winter 2023 and beyond.

The war for supremacy in the ute market is still being waged by market leaders Toyota and Ford, with the Hilux and Ranger.

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