Farming & Rural

Hundreds of people and plenty of tractors arrived at the Town and Country Hui in Invercargill today. Organised by Federated Farmers and the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the idea was to create a fun community day where people could also learn more about the Government’s new freshwater legislation.

They’ll be coming in their tractors and farm utes to the Town and Country Hui tomorrow, but there will be no placards or protests. Organised by Federated Farmers and the Southland Chamber of Commerce, the idea was to create a fun community day where people could also learn more about the new freshwa

A West Coast farmer was disconcerted to find a farm track on his property listed as a road on Google Maps. Andrew Stewart is a sharemilker at Taramakau, inland from Kumara, on the West Coast. He said the so-called road is in fact a farm race used for herding stock or driving tractors. Upon learning

A National Government will reduce regulatory burden and give farmers confidence for the future. Leader of the National Party Judith Collins and Agriculture spokesperson David Bennett announced National’s Agriculture policy in Gisborne today. You can read National’s Agriculture & Horticulture Policy

Dairy prices rose the first time in two months, increasing an average 3.6 percent to $US3092 a tonne. The rise in the average price at the overnight global dairy auction compared with a 1 percent fall at the last sale two weeks ago. “The result indicates a firming of global demand as buyers who have

Fonterra is taking a new approach to how it provides nutrition to communities, to better reach those most in need across New Zealand. CEO Miles Hurrell says, as a New Zealand farmer owned co-op, with employees spread right across regional New Zealand, Fonterra is part of many communities. “We’ve tak

Covid-19 has hit the farming community in an unexpected way: it is drying up the supply of farm vehicles such as quad bikes. That is because factories that assemble them in the United States have had their production disrupted by the virus April. Even where a factory has continued assembling the veh

Yesterday (Monday 7 September) the Minister for the Environment David Parker and Minister of Primary Industries Damien O’Connor met with council executives, farming and sector leaders and Fish and Game Southland. The meetings focused on the new national regulations for freshwater and their implement