Peter Andrew, director of AgFirst in Gisborne, says farmers are starting to put things back together following the recent storm that caused massive slips on hill country farms and damaged crops on the flats.

West Coast farmers are racing against time to repair pastures damaged by the recent floods.

The recent floods on the West Coast hit farmers much harder than last July's downpour, says West Coast Federated Farmers president Bede O'Connor.

A free-stall barn has helped a Mid Canterbury family re-frame its dairy business an sustain production through some of the worst flooding their region had been exposed to in 200 years.

The Hurunui Waiau Uwha Zone Committee (HWUZC), North Canterbury recently visited a landmark restoration project established ten years ago to learn about biodiversity improvements gained through fencing and weed control.

While New Zealand is regarded to be the home of No. 8 wire and electric fencing, it looks like the future of fencing might be virtual.

Talk to Westport folk about the big flood of mid-July and all agree it was worse than the historic flood of 1926.

Well-known Plant and Food Research soil and environment scientist Brent Clothier is the new president of the Royal Society, Te Aparangi.

Mid-Canterbury farmers David and Kate Acland own Mt Somers Station, near the Ashburton River gorge and the epicentre of the heaviest falls.

Farmers preparing to graze livestock on fodder crops this winter are being encouraged to use a new checklist and other practical resources now available sector-wide.