While farmer satisfaction with banks is relatively stable, many more farmers feel under pressure with costs on the rise, according to the new Federated Farmers Banking Survey.

The latest on-farm inflation rate has hit 10.2%, the highest it’s been since 1985-86 according to a recent report from Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ).

John Roche, chief science advisor at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), reckons despite all the local and international challenges facing the New Zealand farming sector, it has a lot of positives going for it.

Around 800 people are getting ready to head to Whangārei for the three-day FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final.

New Zealand's only tea farm is back on the boil.

The development of a prototype rug which contains no plastic materials could bring New Zealand’s wool export industry closer to mass production of fully compostable carpets.

Applications have opened for the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau (Forestry Scholarships) for study in 2023.

The Government has committed an investment of $4 million over four years to expand a biosecurity readiness and response app developed by Onside Ltd.

Findings of a Rural Supplies Technical Working Group report on rural water supplies have pleased Federated Farmers.

New Zealand pig farmers are urging Kiwis to back the industry and have their say on a new draft welfare code.

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