May 8, 2024
Array of factors in livestock-solar mix
A farm consultant lays out the challenges and opportunities for a system he calls ‘agrivoltaics’.
May 8, 2024
Solar venture a no-brainer for Waikato farmers
The numbers made a lot of sense when these northwestern Waikato beef finishers looked into a new kind of farming.
May 8, 2024
Pioneers welcome boost for FE research
Group of breeders has been doing painstaking work on condition for generations.
May 8, 2024
NZ has a good story to tell in China
Sustainability is becoming more front-of-mind in the huge market – and we have a head start.
May 8, 2024
Clash of the Colleges finds best in class
Gumboots tossed, too, in the name of inspiring students to one day enter the sector.
May 8, 2024
GDT prices pick up towards season’s end
Anhydrous milk fat prices now the highest in the 15-year history of the Global Dairy Trade index.
May 8, 2024
Figures show MfE staff numbers ballooning
‘Substantial programmes’ required the personnel, spokesperson says of 39% increase over less than four years.
May 8, 2024
More net than gross in Aus meat emissions cuts
Factors such as sequestration account for major boost to efforts to reduce sector’s carbon footprint.
May 7, 2024
Horizons between a rock and a hard place
The rock is the government’s signalled, but not legislated, changes; the hard place is our legal requirement to continue progressing work until laws are changed, says Horizons council chair.
May 7, 2024
Red meat exports fall 5% in first quarter
Lacklustre demand from China and weak prices to blame.