For the last five years the annual Federated Farmers Rural Connectivity Survey has highlighted the plight of rural families and businesses struggling with patchy, slow and sometimes non-existent internet and […]
Agri Tech
WorkSafe to trial drones as a way to boost farm safety
Can drones deliver health and safety benefits to farmers by reducing the amount of time they have to spend on quad bikes? That’s something WorkSafe aims to test in a […]
5G deal is a bonus for rural areas
Contracts the government has settled with the nation’s three biggest telecommunications players to roll out 5G to regional towns is good news for rural communities. Digital Economy and Communications Minister […]
When ‘solutions’ prove worse than the original problem….
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 […]
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 […]