The increasingly popular UTV/side-by-side sector offers a wide range of choices for farm or rural mobility, which has been made even broader with a new machine from Yamaha.

A new NZ National Standard for Wool has been established, under the New Zealand Farm Assurance Programme (NZFAP).

In a minor coup for the struggling strong wool sector, one of New Zealand's largest furniture manufactures and retailers, Big Save Furniture, has committed to using more strong wool in its products and pay growers a fair price. David Anderson asked managing director Tom McKimm about the move.

New Zealand's strong wool sector is in the doldrums, with record low prices and little hope on the horizon.

Glyphosate use in Europe has resulted in reassessments, reviews and bans in some countries, causing a backlash by farmers. The controversial herbicide is touted by NZ Professor of Toxicology Ian Shaw as a victim of its own success.

The world economy is recovering, but a surge in raw material prices is pushing production costs to all-time highs.

Celebrating its 70th year – and having already released the fifth generation A Series in January – Valtra has just announced upgrades to its N and T series tractors.

New Zealand Forest Service (formerly Forestry New Zealand) says it is laying the foundations for a new biofuels industry, to turn forestry waste into a potential billion-dollar industry.

With farmers and contractors looking to reduce crop establishment costs, the arrival of increasingly accurate GPS and a range of specialised implements, may make 'recreational' cultivation a thing of the past.

Having got throught the ravages of PSA, kiwifruit production has bounced back delivering record harvests and record prices for orchards.