7+ hour, 2+ min ago   (478+ words) Profitability may be the highest in a decade, but farmers are worried about whether the good times will hold, according to Federated Farmers’ latest confidence survey. It showed 72% of farmers are making a profit, with fewer than one in 20 making…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (694+ words) When Ngāi Tahu Farming takes over the DoC concession for the management of Molesworth Station, New Zealand’s largest farm, it will add 180,000 hectares to the farming business, more than doubling the land the iwi currently owns and leases. The expectation…...

8+ hour, 54+ min ago   (424+ words) For farmers and growers looking to diversify, a gap in New Zealand’s flower market could offer an opportunity to turn a small area of land into a high-value crop. Provenance Brokers founder Lissie Johns said smaller growers could help meet…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (301+ words) Emily Ireland for LDR It was a scene from Bidding Wars as Masterton councillors allocated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local grant applicants this week. Masterton’s wool industry was given a boost with big grants awarded to the Shear…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (430+ words) Goodman Fielder has launched a major expansion of its Meadow Fresh Christchurch manufacturing operations, part of a $100 million-plus investment strengthening dairy manufacturing and export capability. The new Meadow Fresh High Value Dairy Centre was opened on Thursday by Prime Minister…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (772+ words) The Opportunity Party’s proposed land tax would leave most farmers significantly worse off and could suck around $700 million a year out of rural communities, Federated Farmers says. TOP is proposing an annual tax of 0.5% on the value of rural land,…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (351+ words) Three independent directors of Bremworth have resigned effective later this month as the partial takeover by David Ferrier’s Mangawhai Collective works through. The directors are Trevor Burt, Julie Bohnenn and Murray Dyer, who served on a sub-committee advising shareholders during…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (494+ words) By Sally Wenley of RNZ The Government is refusing to make any law changes surrounding pork branding but acknowledges some labels may be misleading. This follows the pork industry calling for ‘country of origin’ information to be clearer as some…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (491+ words) The foreign minister has made five new diplomatic appointments – including his own ministerial adviser and former chief of staff Jon Johansson as the Ambassador to Sweden. The other appointments are Tāne Waetford as Ambassador to Colombia, Melanie Roberts as High…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (401+ words) A research project exploring how agricultural stakeholders respond to and make decisions about emerging technologies aims to better understand how farm data is governed, shared and used in New Zealand’s rapidly evolving agricultural landscape. As a global leader in agricultural…...