Feedback is invited on Government plans to improve the way New Zealand manages forestry to ensure it works for nature, the climate, local communities, and the economy.

Southland District Council (SDC) says it will prioritise the rules around plantation forestry as part of a wider review of the Natural Features and Landscapes plan change.

The actions of one farmer should not detract from the thousands of landowners who support regional council programmes and work hard to protect and enhance the land, waterways and biodiversity on their properties.

NZ Landcare Trust has announced that it will be fourth time lucky for its flagship event, the National Catchments Forum.

Waikato Regional Council has given 44 pest animal and plant control projects $150,000 in funding in the latest round of its Small Scale Community Initiatives Fund (SSCIF).

New results from long-running research suggest that farmed animals bred for less impact on the climate are as healthy and produce meat quality just as good, if not better.

The winners of the inaugural Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Awards were announced at a gala dinner at the Napier War Memorial Centre last night.

Alliance Group’s Smithfield plant in Canterbury has been fined $57,000 for unlawfully discharging a contaminant of trade waste and ‘stickwater’ to land and then to sea near Waitarakao/Washdyke Lagoon earlier this week after a prosecution by Environment Canterbury.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is praising the dairy sector’s contribution to New Zealand’s economy.

The Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) conference, recently held in Christchurch, took a closer look at how the agricultural machinery industry was tracking in these troubled times.

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