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Hard work pays off for Share Farmers of the Year

Newly crowned 2019 Share Farmers of the Year Colin and Isabella Beazley plan to use their win to enhance their dairying careers.

Weather impacts fruit crop

Unseasonably hot and dry growing conditions are behind the lower than expected kiwifruit volumes.

Horticultural produce company Seeka has indicated lower than expected kiwifruit volumes across Australia and New Zealand.

Deer farmers disappointed by target

The deer sector has joined a growing chorus of farming groups – and others – describing the Government’s targets for methane reductions as unrealistic.

Tip Top sale no sweet fix

Fonterra has sold Tip Top for $380 million.

Selling the iconic ice cream business Tip Top won’t end Fonterra’s financial woes, says broker Grant Williamson, of Hamilton Hindin Greene.

Rural doctors thin on the ground – research

NZ Rural General Practice Network chief executive Dalton Kelly.

36% of rural general practitioners intend to retire in the next one to five years, a new study shows.

Nats stunned by methane target

National's climate change spokesman Todd Muller says the proposed target for methane reduction puts the New Zealand agricultural sector at “real risk”.

Beekeepers struggle as honey money gets sticky

Apiculture NZ expects some rationalisation as the honey market downturn bites.

The honey market downturn has impacted the profitability of many beekeeping businesses, particularly those producing the non-manuka honeys, says Karin Kos, chief executive of Apiculture New Zealand.

All ‘Barred’-up over M. bovis

South Canterbury rural consultant Sarah Barr says there is a huge degree of anxiety on the ground over the surge in the Mycoplasma bovis eradication effort.

Trade talks on target - just

Head NZ negotiator Martin Harvey (left) and his EU colleague Peter Bortz in Wellington last week.

European Union and New Zealand trade officials are still hopeful that agreement on a free trade agreement (FTA) will be reached by the end of the year.

MPI’s behaviour on M. bovis beastly

Mid-Canterbury Federated Farmers dairy chair Chris Ford.

Farmers affected by Mycoplasma bovis need help and support, but MPI treats them as guilty parties, claims Mid-Canterbury Federated Farmers dairy chair Chris Ford.