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Ag innovator and contributor leaves his mark

Colin Harvey receiving his Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit insignia from then Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand in April 2008.

Colin Harvey (ONZM), one of the NZ agri-sector’s foremost innovators and contributors, died in a drowning accident in late January.

Open Country Dairy breaks the $9 barrier

OCD chief executive Steve Koekemoer describes breaking the $9 mark as a great start to the New Year.

The country's second largest milk processor has broken the $9/kgMS milk price barrier.

New head for FoodWaikato

Three years after leaving the Dairy Goat Co-operative, Tony Giles is returning to the sector to head Food Innovation Waikato (FoodWaikato).

Less facetime costing NZ exporters

Mike Petersen says Covid-19 is stopping NZ politicians and business people having face-to-face contact with their counterparts in our major markets.

One of the biggest problems that Covid-19 is causing NZ is that it's stopping politicians and business people having face-to-face contact with their counterparts in our major markets.

Canterbury teen wins beekeeping scholarship

Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship recipient Alyssa Wilson.

Canterbury-based Alyssa Wilson, age 17, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Apiculture New Zealand Ron Mossop Youth Scholarship in beekeeping.

Hawke's Bay deer farm part of national project

A Hawke’s Bay deer farm is part of a Ministry for Primary Industries-funded project providing a national snapshot of farm performance.

Omicron planning well underway

Alliance Group and Silver Fern Farm employ more than 12,000 workers between them at the peak of the meat processing season.

The country's major meat processors say they are well down the road in planning how to mitigate the Omicron variant's impact.

Groundswell to pressure HWEN

Groundswell is now turning its attention to farm emissions and the proposed HWEN solutions.

Rural ginger group Groundswell is mounting another campaign - this time against the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) proposals that farmers are being consulted on this month.

Don't milk the record prices!

Daniel Payton says some farmers may be tempted to keep cows in milk for as long as possible, but this could have a detrimental effect on cow condition.

Dairy farmers are being urged not to compromise cow condition as they chase a record milk price this season.

The logistics log-jam!

A recent report from MFAT says last month there were 100 ships queued up over 1,000 miles waiting for a berth at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

There seems to be little respite on the horizon for NZ exporters and importers with massive delays in some key overseas ports.

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Farmers urged to plan for Omicron

Will Halliday says it's a matter of having that plan in place before something happens.

Farmers are being urged to have good plans in place for dealing with any major community outbreak of Covid-19 and, in particular, the omicron variant.