12+ hour, 51+ min ago  (662+ words) Very keen demand for traditional breed bulls has produced autumn sale averages from $3000 to $6000 ahead of last year, along with complete clearances. The rising tide of prices has lifted all Hereford and Angus studs and persisted right through the offerings,…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago  (427+ words) The closure of methane mitigation developer CH4 Global seaweed-growing plant in Bluff is a lost opportunity for New Zealand. So says chair of" the New Zealand Seaweed Association and a former employee of Ch4 Global, Michael Lakeman. A spokesperson for CH4 Global told…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago  (644+ words) Prices for strong wool could settle at current levels, having risen $1/kg in just three months, say industry leaders. They said price consolidation is needed to avoid overheating the market, and they are seeing some buyer resistance to the speed…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (559+ words) Dr Keith Woodford admits to feeling "a little bit overwhelmed" when he was told he would be made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit" for services to agriculture and agribusiness in the King's Birthday Honours. "I think…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (647+ words) Southland sheep and beef farmers Stephen and Pamela Calder say there is nowhere they would rather farm than the province their family has called home for a century. The Calder farm has been in the family name for 100 years, beginning…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (549+ words) By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ An Otago poultry farm at the centre of an outbreak of bird flu nearly 18 months ago is now fully repopulated. About 200, 000 chickens at Hillgrove Farm near Dunedin were culled after it became the centre of…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (657+ words) By Rebecca Hyde. Rebecca Hyde is a 2017 Nuffield Scholar and 2021 Kellogg Scholar. She farms in North Canterbury with her family and is involved in governance, including as a trustee for the New Zealand Rural Leadership Trust (Rural Leaders). Mornings in…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (315+ words) The Overseas Investment Office has granted a consent for American businessman Sjerp William Ysselstein to buy 288 hectares of farmland in Marlborough's Kenepuru Sounds to construct a feedlot. The just-released decision by the OIO said the applicant intends to convert the…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (581+ words) A coroner is warning rural workers about the risks involved in changing big agricultural tyres after a Canterbury farmer was crushed to death while working on a tractor. David Fairclough, 43, died on 18 January while fitting a 316kg tyre by himself. Coroner…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (570+ words) Not just man's best friend, but a crucial part of the team on farm, the country's best working dogs went head-to-head this week to decide the New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Championships. In pursuit of the green tie, all roads…...