6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (501+ words) Bosses and executives leading New Zealand's multi-billion-dollar food and fibre sectors consider biosecurity and trade agreements their highest priorities, in a new industry survey. Throughout February and March, 136 industry leaders were surveyed in KPMG New Zealand for its 17th annual Agribusiness…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (565+ words) Confidence in the wool sector is rebounding as prices hit levels not seen in more than 15 years. Prices at the latest PGG Wrightson wool auction ranged between $6. 47 to $6. 80 a kilogram for crossbred fleeces, with some of those best presented and…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (602+ words) 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 the country's first case of…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (621+ 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…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (621+ 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…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (506+ words) The government is investing $50, 000 into helping a group of Hawke's Bay growers explore if they can buy the Mc Cain Foods vegetable processing, set to close next year. More than 100 growers of peas, corn, beans and carrots will be affected…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (488+ words) An association for women in farming is calling for more investment in mental health for those living in isolated communities. Rural Women New Zealand president Heather Sorensen told Nine to Noon that there have been a lot of initiatives to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (415+ words) The last remaining wool broker in Napier believes buyers and farmers want the North Island auctions to continue, as other auctioneers exit the region. Family-owned business Kells Wool has been headquartered in Hawke's Bay for the past 40 years, and reported…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (248+ words) Kells Wool is keeping live wool auctions going in Napier Photo: Supplied/ Kells Wool Napier has been home to "open cry" wool auctions for 150 or so years, but last month it looked like the tradition was coming to an end…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (763+ words) The hard dry ground of the hills surrounding the Central Otago settlement of Alexandra are especially tough on horses hooves. It's one of the reasons Twix - a beautiful seven year old paint mare, and her paddock companion Rip (short for…...