Love for wool driving force behind fibre festival
Organisers of the 45°Fibre festival say the fibre should be celebrated, along with the creativity it brings.
Bale grazing saves winter soils
Any sized mob of cattle and age class can be put on bales, and fed on three-day breaks – it gets you and your farm on the regenerative agriculture track, too.
Clicks snap up farm stay customers
Use media, influencers, clients and events to promote your farm stay, say experienced operators.
No more handshake deals with grocery chains
Commerce Commission moves to regularise negotiations between growers and retailers as it flags power imbalance.
Proper Crisps sourcing local kūmara again
Local consumers can once again munch away at crisps grown from locally sourced kūmara.
Collar tech a game changer for challenging farm landscape
What was once a hard row to hoe is now a thriving operation where lameness and costs are down and profits, morale and sleep-ins are up.
Southland tulip farm harvests its last bulb
The brothers who ran Van Eeden Tulips have closed the business, leaving a huge gap in the local market.
Protecting the bottom line when upgrading effluent storage
Upgrading existing ponds could be cheapest answer to meeting Otago effluent consents.
We have to expect the unexpected: economist
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub warns country is running out of headroom to cope with disasters.
No end in sight to farm labour pains
Ag has to work harder to recruit and retain staff, economist warns.