Country

The country's largest farm is battling a dry winter but early provisions means there's plenty of feed around.

A consultancy report updates the estimates done shortly after Cyclone Gabrielle, dropping the initial budget by about a quarter of a million dollars.

North America is already the biggest market for New Zealand's venison but most of it is consumed in restaurants - the goal is to get more people cooking it at home.

About one third of New Zealanders surveyed were in support of using genetic technology in food production, but nearly as many were opposed.

New technology using lasers and artificial intelligence software is helping growers get on top of their weeding, without the need for environmentally harmful agrichemicals.

The company's survival is on the line.

Gisborne District Council plans to designate high-erosion areas where farming and forestry must cease.