7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (319+ words) Demand for protein is helping keep dairy prices up. RNZ / Alexander Robertson By RNZ Digital reporters Demand for proteins is helping milk prices hold steady. The average price rose almost 0.1% at the Global Dairy Trade auction this week to US…...

10+ hour, 21+ min ago   (695+ words) 'Increasingly aligned with its values': Bachelorette star running for NZ First International seasonal workers gather at Hone Heke Lodge in Kerikeri, where many spend months working in local orchards and packhouses. Kerikeri has been named one of the world’s best…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (510+ words) By Felix Walton of RNZ It’s a bull rush. A cattle auction at Epsom’s inner city Cornwall Park has attracted farmers from across the upper North Island. The farm is known for its quiet and friendly animals, who’ve adapted to…...

10+ hour, 22+ min ago   (269+ words) Jumps trainers have had a frustrating run of postponements of feature meetings this year, with the latest being Te Aroha’s Pakuranga Hunt meeting last Saturday, which was postponed to Thursday because of the heavy rain forecast for last weekend. One…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (549+ words) A $9.7 million funding boost from the International Visitor Levy has been welcomed by Federated Farmers. It says the funding “will put feral goats and wild deer directly in the crosshairs”. “This is an incredibly positive announcement and exactly the kind…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (250+ words) The regional award presentation dinner in Gisborne - (from left) Silver Fern Farms regional manager Malcolm Gourlie, SFF livestock rep Paul Kirkpatrick, SFF chair Anna Nelson, Patrick Brownlie, Emma Brownlie, Yvonne and Craig Brownlie, Jack Rouse and Tamzin Lee, and Silver…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (599+ words) Farmers are facing higher levies for a mandatory livestock tracing programme from today, despite most opposing cost increases. OSPRI — funded by the industry and Government — runs the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) programme, tracking livestock movements for biosecurity and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (533+ words) HoloCrop’s autonomous rover scans plants to inform the yield prediction technology. Advertorial by University of Canterbury University of Canterbury research is helping growers forecast harvests more accurately and opening the way for increasingly precise automation. This content was prepared by…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (868+ words) Kem Ormond takes a look at the world of farming back in the day. In this week’s Pastures Past, she’s found newspaper articles about efforts to control deer and wild goats in New Zealand’s native forests. For well over a…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (838+ words) Ex-FMA boss Craig Stobo joins NZ First, running in Christopher Luxon’s seat It has been a better year for citrus growers, with those in the industry saying good yields, great quality and settled weather have helped the district bounce back…...