2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (206+ words) Underground, New Zealand's only regenerative farming festival, will be moving to the North Island in 2027. The 2027 festival will be the third Underground festival. Festival organiser Fran Bailey said they will alternate between islands from now, with the South Island base…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (854+ words) By Mark Guscott. Mark and Susannah Guscott farm 1400ha of sheep, beef, arable and tourism near Martinborough in Wairarapa with a team of three. Right around our country and indeed the world, farms are getting bigger and more complex as farmers…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (364+ words) Once lost to time and scavenged for parts, an original Avery, believed to be the oldest tractor in the Waikato region, has resurfaced and is now headed for auction." Built in 1916 in Peoria, Illinois, the tractor will be auctioned at…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (218+ words) The South Island wool sale saw the market lift, with a firmer tone returning across most wool types. PGG Wrightson Wool South Island auction manager Dave Burridge said buyer interest strengthened, with competition most evident on well-prepared fleece and lambs…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (633+ words) The recent approval of a farm sale to a foreign buyer remains clouded in mystery after it failed to be advertised in New Zealand first." Under the Overseas Investment Act's "benefit to NZ" farmland test, before any overseas purchase the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (456+ words) Holders of pastoral leases have welcomed the opportunity to broaden their businesses with the government proposing a change that will allow other business activities alongside pastoral farming. The proposed change will permit activities on Crown-owned pastoral lease land such as…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (498+ words) By Monique Steele of RNZ Data from an app that tracks farm fuel levels shows a small rise in fuel being taken from monitored tanks during the night, amid the global fuel crisis. Palmerston North-based company Levno has sensors on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (721+ words) Hawke's Bay farmer Angela Payne's success story didn't start on glamorous terms. It began with renting spaces in meatworks and dissecting glands from carcases. When she could eventually afford it, Payne built her own factory in Waipukurau and this became…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (656+ words) By Gianina Schwanecke of RNZ More than 30 years after moving away from caged egg farming, the Bennik family is proud of the legacy it has paved over three generations. From one of the country's first commercial poultry farms started by…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (517+ words) New Dairy NZ research, shared at recent joint events with Federated Farmers and FMG, highlights the key factors behind successful contract milking partnerships " and why getting them right matters. Nine years of Dairy NZ data show how contract milkers" income…...