Farming
Project farm boasting emissions cut a marketing stunt - Greenpeace
The project boasts a 27 percent reduction in absolute emissions, but Greenpeace says it doesn't address the cow in the room.
'I've had nightmares' - govt petitioned to stop toxic weed spread
A toxic weed spreading like wildfire through Northland pastures can cause "serious health problems" if stock eat it.
Healthy cows and worm rich soil makes Motupipi milkers happy
No looking back for dairy farming couple who eliminated imported feed and synthetic fertilisers, including nitrogen and switched to mineral fertilisers. Audio
Country Life Friday 15 November 2024
This week Country Life chats to a horse mad Waikato woman training to be a saddler, meets a dairy farming couple who dairy no longer use imported feed and synthetic fertilisers, and heads out on a… Audio
Healthy cows and worm-rich soil make Motupipi milkers happy
There's no looking back for a dairy farming couple who stopped adding imported feed and synthetic fertilisers to their paddocks.
Kiwi keratin-based wool company signs first major international deal
Wool Source has been working with strong-wool based proteins for several years.
Mānuka honey exporter says China trade trip cause for optimism
A mānuka honey exporter says a recent trade trip to China gives cause for optimism that recovery is on the way for the ailing sector.
Pig competition returns to A&P show
After 15 years the hogs have come back to the Canterbury A&P Show. Audio
Scheme putting vets in rural areas 'welcomed' but needs extending, says NZVA
Thirty-five graduate veterinarians will join rural areas in serious need of agricultural vets through the government's Voluntary Bonding Scheme.
Outdoor Gravity using wool, hemp fibres to make hot tubs more sustainable
A Bay of Plenty tourism company is on a mission to make locally made hot tubs more environmentally friendly - with the help of New Zealand wool.
All the data that's fit to eat
The last 12 months have not been easy for our fresh produce producers, says United Fresh. Audio