Apple company Rockit Global Limited is planning for its biggest planting year yet - targeting a further 200ha of trees in the ground in 2023.

Parliament recently played host to the avocado industry which has had - and still is having - quite a bumpy ride, with poor prices and other challenges. However, despite dealing with these problems, the industry is looking forward to the World Avocado Congress, which is being held in NZ next year. Peter Burke was at the event.

DairyNZ claims that when it comes to emissions pricing, no deal would be better than a bad deal and only a fair and reasonable system will be accepted for farmers.

A Lincoln-based community group is asking for financial support for what could be a test case in fighting the loss of New Zealand's best food-producing land to urban sprawl.

A new effluent management product, flushed down the drain during routine shed washdown, is a game changer, according to the man in charge of its distribution in New Zealand.

Matamata Goat Farmers Wiebe and Piety Smitstra, who retrofitted their goat milking shed with a GEA low line double-up herringbone system, say the investment is paying dividends.

When people think of liver function, they usually have a very vague concept around the filtering and cleansing of blood.

Sharemilker Mark Shefford believes he struck a deal with himself the day cow collars were fitted to his 1,240-cow herd near Waimate, South Canterbury.

Another case of Mycoplasma bovis has been discovered in Canterbury, bringing the total number of active cases to five.

A "late" start to cattle showing hasn't dulled Southland teenager Chloe Thomson's love for the pastime, and the Holstein Friesian breed. In fact, it has only made it stronger.