Freelance journalist Kate Evans, writing for New Zealand Geographic and US magazine Roads and Kingdoms, took out this year’s top prize in the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and […]
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Innovators and champions honoured at 2023 Arable Awards
Doing things differently and striving for new ways to lift productivity and income helped earn Blair and Jody Drysdale of Hopefield Hemp the Innovation title at the Arable Awards of […]
Wild goats in their sights
Farmers know only too well the damage that wild goats do to fences, pasture, new trees and riparian planting – never mind the destruction to native plants and bush habitat. […]
2023 Primary Industries NZ Award finalists named
It’s a cliché that awards judges face difficult decisions picking winners but the calibre of finalists for the 2023 Primary Industry NZ Awards truly make it a nightmare for the […]
Arable excellence showcase expanded with three new awards
New Zealand’s arable industry is once again gearing up to acknowledge and celebrate the innovators and leaders who drive progress in the sector. “There’s a danger that with all the […]
Fifth-generation farmers take out Regional Supreme Award
Cameron and Robert Grant of Croydon have been announced as Regional Supreme Winners at the Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Invercargill. Known as Grant Brothers, the business comprises four […]
2023 Manawatū Dairy Industry Awards winners announced
An exceptionally wet spring and summer combined with adverse weather challenges early this year severely impacted entrant numbers in the Manawatū dairy industry awards programme. Traditionally, when a region has […]
North Otago Dairy Industry Awards winners driven to succeed
The winners of the 2023 Canterbury/North Otago Dairy Industry Awards are excited to see where the dairy industry will be in the next few years, with technology and science developments […]
New Zealand pipfruit crop re-estimated after Cyclone Gabrielle
The New Zealand pipfruit crop has been re-estimated after Cyclone Gabrielle affected parts of the East Coast of the North Island, according to Horticulture New Zealand. While Tairāwhiti Gisborne crop […]
Hard work pays for Northland Fieldays team
Northland Fieldays returned this year after two years of absence, and through hard work from a determined committee it managed to deliver on high expectations from Northland’s ever-supportive community says […]