10+ hour ago  (633+ words) The recent approval of a farm sale to a foreign buyer remains clouded in mystery after it failed to be advertised in New Zealand first." Under the Overseas Investment Act's "benefit to NZ" farmland test, before any overseas purchase the…...

11+ hour ago  (419+ words) Telford graduate Taylor King has been the first recipient of an internship with global dairy company Danone. The Southern Institute of Technology operates the Telford farm training campus near Balclutha and together with Danone, which operates a dairy plant in…...

11+ hour, 30+ min ago  (392+ words) A new diagnostic test has been created to give farmers'and veterinarians earlier, more'accurate'information about parasite infections in stock. The DNA-based test,' Fast Worm ID " GIN PCR,'identifies'parasite species directly from faecal samples, with results available in under three working days....

13+ hour ago  (461+ words) A report showing groundwater quality is under pressure from human activity and climate change does not come as a surprise to scientists. The report by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ found that between 2004 and 2024, nitrate'nitrogen concentrations were…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (348+ words) An order for several thousand bales of pre lamb crossbred wool " which will pay up to $2/kg premium over last year's auction price " shows the changing requirements of processors, says an industry leader. Keith Ovens, the commercial manager at the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (284+ words) The Environmental Protection Authority has approved a new fungicide seed treatment to control disease on potatoes. Syngenta Crop Protection applied to introduce Vibrance Premium, a fungicide containing 40 g/L sedaxane and 50 g/L fludioxonil, to New Zealand. Vibrance Premium can…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (738+ words) Forecasters are warning that Cyclone Vaianu is increasingly likely to hit the country this weekend. Met Service says the incoming Tropical Cyclone Vaianu could bring life-threatening winds to the North Island on Sunday. On Wednesday, it issued a preliminary severe…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (483+ words) North Otago pig farmer Ben Carter is one of the first graduates to complete the refreshed Primary ITO pork production training programme. The programme was refreshed in partnership with New Zealand Pork, in line with industry feedback and best practice....

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (234+ words) Global Dairy Trade prices have taken an unexpected and unwelcome fall of 3. 4% in the all-commodities index, including much larger reductions for milkfat products and mozzarella. The first GDT index fall since before Christmas came amid geopolitical disruption and strong trade…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (456+ words) Holders of pastoral leases have welcomed the opportunity to broaden their businesses with the government proposing a change that will allow other business activities alongside pastoral farming. The proposed change will permit activities on Crown-owned pastoral lease land such as…...