Farm Management

Flood recovery is motivating changes in farming systems, Allan Barber finds.

Sector needs to offer today’s farm worker better incentives and conditions, leaders say.

 Rainfall from June-January just 45% of the long-term average.

Transpower will need farmer agreement to build power capacity.

Ongoing research helps Kiwi dairy farmers remain world-leading.

In some respects life has returned to normal on the east coast, but in others there are years of work still ahead.

But ‘if a war should ever break out, I would take an army of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay farmers’, says a local farm adviser.

They don’t breed them tougher than Rod Vowles, a Hawke’s Bay farmer who climbed out of a steep gully cradling his broken neck after being caught in the aftermath of the cyclone.

With the water rising fast, it was time for Chris Ward’s house guest to remember how to swim.

Harvie Beetham didn’t let eight decades on the clock hamper his rescue efforts.

Like so many farmers hammered by Cyclone Gabrielle last February, Sam and wife Gemma have made progress in the recovery – but there’s still a very long way to go.

Communications, roading, electricity – all these things were taken out by Gabrielle. How do we prevent that happening again when the next ‘big one’ comes along?

Fencers unearth whopper of a steel strainer post weighing in at 30kg.

A bad year can sap farmers of the will to continue, but it’s important to keep fire in the belly, says an agricultural economist.

Farmers will also be able to complete a consent application at these Otago events.

Facility has helped scores of financially stressed farmers stay in business.

Report looks at barriers to adopting new farm and environmental practices while farms are undergoing succession.

Don’t wait to develop a wetland – that’s the advice from one Central Hawke’s Bay farmer.

The older generation tended to drain something that is today considered a real farm asset.

Bay of Plenty couple's biodiversity focus proves positive for farming operation.

Foothills Catchment Group founding member and Mid Canty Feds president believes farmers need to feel a direct stake in a catchment group for their actions to be effective.

2023 Zanda McDonald Award winner Harriet Bremner provides insight into what a typical day is like for her on farm.

Company has $630,000 to spend on sustainability projects.

Revitalise Te Taiao is a research programme working alongside agribusinesses and communities as they progress land-use change, work with value chains and connect with markets to revitalise te taiao.

A Southland arable farmer and whisky distiller wants to make sure a century-old sheep and arable farm can live another 100 years by using its own grain in an on-farm whisky distillery.

After decades on the frontlines, AgResearch’s Dr Trevor James is still waging a battle against the upstarts of the plant world.

Retired farm systems scientist Tom Fraser is a straight talker who takes pride in getting the basics across to farmers.

With the industry going through tough times, Federated Farmers encourages farmers to ensure they maintain detailed up-to-date budgets. 

Feds went to work when a Awhitu Peninsula farming couple were hit with a rogue bill.

It’s been a while since Steve Wyn-Harris retired and Ditch went to live with John Wilkie in Whangaehu.

Average dairy co-op payout for Fonterra and Tatua farmers right up there with the best.

Use this summer period to review your farm system and expense structure.

Decades of warnings about drench come to pass.

CowManager and Halter both hailed as potential game-changers for sector.

A new project offers help as picturesque Taranaki region’s water challenges come to a head on scores of farms.

On the dairy farm of this AgriStar, GPS tracking, climate-modelling and data analysis are complemented by ‘field tech'.