8+ hour, 6+ min ago  (660+ words) Developed in partnership with Starlink and One NZ, the technology allows Halter collars to connect directly to satellites, eliminating the need for ground infrastructure like long-range radio towers entirely. Up until now, Halter's solar-powered, GPS-enables collar systems required long-range radio…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (705+ words) The game will be sold only through Farm Source stores for a limited time. The launch is scheduled to sit alongside the DWN Conference 2026 and Moving Day, giving farmers and supporters a chance to pick up a board as they…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (864+ words) What's been a "rubbish" summer for campers and beachgoers has duck hunters in the lower North Island rubbing their hands together in anticipation of a bumper waterfowl season, which starts this weekend (May 2/3). Wellington Fish & Game manager Phil Teal says…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (822+ words) The research, led by Ph D candidate Joseph Adjabui at Te Kunenga ki P'rehuroa Massey University, examined how higher lamb weaning weights affect productivity, profitability and predicted enteric methane emissions (methane produced during digestion). While previous studies have focused on…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (825+ words) With mounting pressure on Australian farmers, driven by the increasingly fluid global uncertainty, the organisers of 'Future Ag powered by Agritechnica' have postponed the Melbourne event. The exhibition and conference, scheduled for July, showcases agricultural machinery, farming technology and practical…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (607+ words) Party leader Helen Houghton says that many New Zealanders are already worried about being pushed out of employment as businesses increasingly turn to low-cost migrant labour. "New Zealanders were never asked whether they supported an agreement that expands temporary work…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (464+ words) OPINION: When Donald Trump returned to the White House, many people with half a brain could see the results for the world might be a bit average, and our boy has been busy trying to prove them right. But to…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1098+ words) She was in NZ recently as a keynote speaker at Massey University's Farmed Landscape Research Centre Conference. While in NZ she was looking at how we are developing farmer-run catchment groups which Ireland is in the process of setting up....

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (608+ words) With a lot of fruit still to be harvested there were fears that the cyclone could severely damage fruit still on the vines. There were some nervous orchardists in the main kiwifruit growing regions of Bay of Plenty, Tairawhiti and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (10+ words) Dougal Morrison Named NZFFA President at Cambridge Conference'Rural News Group...