YARDMASTER IS synonymous with effluent equipment but has only recently added stainless steel manufacturing to its resume by buying the assets of Whangarei company Industrial Stainless & Design Limited (ISD).

FOR MOST of us the supermarket aisle is a hunting ground for bargains but for entrepreneur Peter Cullinane it has spawned winning ideas.

WHAT IS so special about this chocolate milk? Made from organic New Zealand milk and Whittakers chocolate, the four-month old Lewis Road Creamery product has taken the retail sector by storm.

One of the highlights of this year’s Bragato conference, was the Future Leader’s presentation. Four young members of the wine industry were asked to give their views on the future for New Zealand wine.

Farmers and businesses in the Hawkes Bay need to act quickly to fill the investment gap opportunity left by TrustPower's exit from the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme.

A large portfolio of South Waikato dairy farms and one drystock property, converted by Carter Holt Harvey from forestry land, have now all sold.

Ross Hyland, an influential figure in both agribusiness and the commercial sector, has become Meat Industry Excellence's (MIE) first key appointment.

The Animal Health Board is relinquishing its role as the management agency for the National Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Pest Management plan.

A Te Puke kiwifruit orchard severely impacted by Psa has just returned its second successful harvest of the new kiwifruit gold variety, G3, with 8,513 trays harvested from a 0.61ha block.

“You can see exactly what’s going to happen,” Beef + Lamb New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen told Rural News. “There’s going to be low and slow supply from both the EU and New Zealand which is going to make it incredibly hard to fill Christmas orders.”