With all the hype around the benefits of regenerative agriculture, a significant aspect appears to be missing – economics.

Large farm operations and professional spreading companies should be setting examples of best practice, says Waikato Regional Council regional compliance manager Patrick Lynch.

OPINION: Damien! What were you thinking, banning the live export trade?

Waikato Regional Council says effluent failures occurring across three farms are disappointing.

OPINION: F.A.R.M. (Facts About Ruminant Methane) is a group of farmers and scientists who question the need for drastic cuts in ruminant methane. They argue that there is a natural cycle where the emitters of a GHG (methane) use as much as they emit to grow the grass the cows need to produce the methane and thus puts ruminant methane in a different category to fossil fuel emissions.  

The Central Districts field days is designed to showcase what the Manawatu region is all about – the backbone of the NZ economy.

Fabian Yukich is a wine industry stalwart, an environmental champion and a pretty decent concrete layer. In the first of a series celebrating Sustainability Guardians, Sophie Preece talks to the Chair of New Zealand Winegrowers’ Environment Committee.

As wineries enter the spring season, many opening cellar doors after a period of Covid-19 closure, the mood appears one of cautious optimism.

A recent decision to extend 5.8 million hectares of land designated as 'low slope' to 9.6 million hectares is causing trouble for affected farmers.

AgResearch’s new chief executive is promising solid evidence-based science to make New Zealand’s agriculture sector the best in the world.