By Dr Jacqueline Rowarth The signs of change are sometimes difficult to spot. They might be on minor websites, buried in pages of reports or deep in obscure language, but […]
Agri Business
New approach needed to accelerate dairy genetic gain
By Jim van der Poel, Chair, DairyNZ A single accurate, independent national animal evaluation index that incorporates genomic information is key to increasing profits for Kiwi dairy farmers. We all […]
Sowing the seeds for food and fibre careers amongst our girls
Despite the primary industries coming up with 82 percent of the nation’s merchandise export earnings, barely six percent of school leavers enter agriculture, forestry and allied sectors. Aimee Blake and Catherine […]
Final Ten Projects Granted Research Funding
Ten projects have been selected in the final round of funding for rural professionals from the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge. These projects all have the potential to […]
New Ravensdown tech helps farmers map and respond to slip damage
Ravensdown has launched HawkEye Response, a software tool to help farmers map and deal with slips that have impacted farm effective areas, compromised paddocks, or taken out fences. Users can […]
Remote monitoring solutions via wi-fi or satellite
By Richard McIntyre, Dairy Chair and telecommunications spokesperson It is no surprise to anyone reading this but on farm labour shortages are here to stay. In the coming years we […]
New Ravensdown subsidiary to take innovations to farmers
Ravensdown today has confirmed the establishment of a new commercialisation entity – Agnition. A subsidiary of Ravensdown, Agnition’s mission is to ignite the industry with the innovations that farmers and […]
Ocean innovation key to sustainable future
Innovative solutions by our blue economy industries could be key to finding a sustainable path forward in a warming world, says Cawthron Institute Chief Executive Volker Kuntzsch. In his address […]
Economic Week – April 6
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy OCR shock On Wednesday the Reserve Bank fired its big guns and surprised virtually everyone with a 50-point increase in the Official Cash […]
Scion and INRAE boost scientific co-operation to extend biobased research
An agreement signed between Scion and one of France’s key research organisations creates fresh opportunities to extend Scion’s research exploring biobased products and to support New Zealand’s transition to a […]