Events
A&P Show cancellation: where to from here?
Experience abroad shows that rural fairs like the postponed New Zealand Agricultural Show have a keen and growing audience, writes Craig Page.
Bitches’ Box to tour cyclone-hit regions
Hit comedy duo plan to bring a bit of light relief after challenging year.
Commencing countdown to Fieldays 2024
Four days of celebrating the best of New Zealand ag starts on June 12.
SIDE to mark quarter-century with cracking conference
NZ’s largest dairy conference aims to empower farmers through education and networking opportunities.
E Tipu speaker lineup continues to take shape
More innovation and leadership speakers announced for Christchurch conference.
Reason for agri optimism in NZ, says global food exec
It has been determined that 40-50% of climate impacts come from the agriculture industry.
Gala day as Castlepoint marks 150 years of beach race
Fun day capped with chance to appear in book on historic ride against the tide.
Line-up for E Tipu agri-summit starts to take shape
Tane Hunter, Traci Houpapa and nanobiotechnologist Oded Shoseyov are on E Tipu's speakers list.
8th Golden Shears win sets up brotherly battle in Edinburgh
It’ll be Smith on Smith after Rowland puts his stamp on title.
Northland gets to put on a show at last
Photo gallery of Northland Field Days.
South Island Field Days races its agri engines
Massive display of farm machinery lines up for Island’s biggest agricultural event.
Webinar explores making sustainability efforts profitable
A webinar series sponsored by Our Land and Water is exploring how NZ’s companies are commanding a green premium.
East Coast Expo cancelled due to cyclone damage
Showgrounds and access roads damaged in flooding.
Gabrielle cancels Shepherdess Muster
Event had been planned for storm-tossed Tairāwhiti.
Avo industry ripe for reset – researcher
Industry needs less planting and more punting, world congress will hear.
Jack Russells get ready for race day
Elite athletes short of leg but long on ambition.
Bond breaks women’s shearing record with an hour to spare
Sheep shearer Sacha Bond powers ahead to crack magic 600 in eight hours.
Countdown is on for NZ’s biggest agri-sector summit
The E Tipu is touted as the essential event of 2023 for primary industry leaders and changemakers, and this year its aim is to inspire the food and fibre sector.
Shearer just 22 ewes shy of strongwool world record
Woolly ewes thwart Amy Silcock's shearing record attempt.
Threats, opportunities on table as foresters meet
Annual gathering of Farm Forestry Association to focus on environmental issues.
Fonterra’s Grand Prix competition spreads grass-fed gospel
Fonterra competition brings winning Japanese bakers and pastry chefs to NZ.
Piopio shearer Sacha Bond eyes world record
Sacha Bond has spent more than a decade successfully working in New Zealand and Australian sheds.
Cream of the crop in town to judge dairy
International judges will evaluate full slate of entries at New Zealand Dairy Event.
US exec to headline Rural Leaders summit
High-powered lineup for Christchurch agribusiness convention.
Tickets on sale for Shepherdess Muster
New three-day festival for rural and regional women.
Calling Central District’s top young shepherds
New competition to put them through their paces to find Shepherd of the Year.
Get behind The Big Feed, NZ
The goal for The Big Feed is to raise enough donations for one million meals.
Rabobank boosts farmers’ smarts on carbon
Workshops explore opportunities and risks in emerging agri income stream.
Slow start to Fieldays, but lots of action on the ground
Fieldays kicked off with summer showers, which may have kept some punters at bay.
First showing for new shedding sheep
The SheepMasters completely shed their coats during summer and the winter coat adapts to either cold or heat.
Musician to headline arable conference
UK cropping farmer Andy Cato is on a mission to create a consumer-led market for food grown in regenerating landscapes.
New film captures Cambridge farmer’s love for cows
Veteran documentary-maker Costa Botes explores the life of cow whisperer Andrew Johnstone.
Shear entertainment as new series creates buzz
Southern Skies set to bring sheep-shearing to the masses.
Open Farms names the day
Farm visit programme now in its third year.
Comedy shows rural communities are keen to reconnect
You’ve got to laugh, haven’t you?
Full season, full fields for agri shows
Organisers re-energised as events prepare to set out their stalls.
The Mudder promises a day of filthy fun
The event also aims to highlight the benefits of exercise on your mental health, with the tagline ‘move your body, shift your mind’.
Seaweed option for methane closer than rules can see
The head of methane mitigation company CH4 Global spoke to Richard Rennie about the need for speed around methane mitigation, as a lead into his visit for this year’s 2035 Agri-Food-Tech conference.
Primed to meet the moment
I got a real buzz from the Primary Industry Summit held last week in Auckland. It was pan-industry…
Farming leaders and innovators recognised at awards
Some of the best of the primary industry’s trail blazers have been honoured at the annual Primary Industries…
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