After extreme market volatility and record-high prices in recent years, global fertiliser prices are expected to settle in 2024, despite uncertainty posed by the Israel-Hamas conflict as it currently stands.

ANYTHING GOOD for Australia is in the long run good for New Zealand. That’s the reaction of Trade Minister Tim Groser to the news that Australia has signed a free trade agreement with China, and to speculation that their FTA with China is better than NZ’s, especially regarding dairy products.

Kiwi apple company, Rockit Global Limited, is expanding its footprint with the first Rockit apples now growing in the South Island.

Rural services company PGG Wrightson has warned its returns for the year will be down as it feels the impact of the challenges facing the rural sector.

Fonterra will shortly be introducing a Scope 3 emissions target, which will seek to reduce emissions intensity on supplying farms.

Dairy processors want New Zealand to upgrade the free trade deal signed with the European Union by the former Labour Government.

With the fertiliser spreading season in full swing, a Central Otago dairy farmer has embraced the benefits of GPS mapping and automated data management, resulting in substantial savings of both time and money.

Until recently Ingelwood farmer Nigel King’s 75-metre maize stack looked like an aviary and he was losing quality feed.

Leptospirosis (lepto) is a disease caused by bacteria that can be spread from animal to human, otherwise known as a zoonotic disease.

At the end of this year, and after nearly 25 years working for Pioneer, I will retire.