Farming

Silere Alpine Origin Merino lamb is now being showcased by the UK’s leading online supermarket retailer. The product, a joint venture between 100 per cent farmer-owned co-operative Alliance Group and The New Zealand Merino Company, has gone on sale with British online supermarket Ocado. Online super

As part of a government industry agreement, dairy farmers are required to cover 30 percent of the estimated $880 million cost of eradicating the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis. In February Dairy NZ started consulting with its farmer members on a proposal how to pay its share of the M bovis respons

A talented trio from Tapanui in West Otago has taken out the national final of a hotly-contested agri-food competition. Shamus Young, 13, Archie Chittock, 12, and Flynn Hill 12, from Blue Mountain College have won the AgriKidsNZ Grand Final in Hawke’s Bay. The trio beat 60 other students from around

A Southland project designed to empower rural communities and create connected trading routes has been chosen to take part in 2019 Kiwi Fintech Accelerator programme. The Longwood Loop is a Western Southland-based trading route with 80 members that is designed to create a self-managed economy to rej

The Gore District Council and Mataura Valley Milk today (27 June) signed an agreement confirming the company’s financial contribution for its premium nutritional processing plant on the outskirts of Gore. The Council will receive $958,000 in total, with payments spread over four years. The agreement

A seminar for farmers presented by Fish IT fish hydrolysate liquid fertiliser and Terragen Biotech. Speakers Peter Norwood – Renowned Australian agronomist and speaker Peter Norwood will discuss how farmers can grow better quality food, achieve improved environmental outcomes and gain better returns

Leading food and solutions co-operative Alliance Group is investing $1 million in a new value-add facility in Southland as part of its focus on capturing more value for its products. The new facility at the company’s Lorneville plant near Invercargill will significantly expand the scope of existing

Invercargill contract milker Tangaroa Walker is looking at drying off his herd of 500 cows after a great season. He says milk production is up 15 percent on last year and grass and winter crops are thriving in the warmer-than-usual soils. Tangaroa has plenty of extra feed set aside for winter. The a