Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
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The benefits of robotic milking for a dairy farming couple.
Evaluating the impacts of deferred grazing on hill country pastures.
Dragon fruit varieties developed for growing international markets.
Monitoring pests such as ferrets help identify areas that need attention for TB control
A former top shearer has set up a business to help people manage their lifestyle blocks
Wilding Pine Trees are being controlled using the sale of their carbon credits to fund the work
Flower production under two hectares of glasshouses
A paddock to plate trial from iconic Molesworth Station to boutique hotels
Dallas and Kate Kinzett breed sport horses on their sheep and beef Tutaki Valley Property
Understanding the need for the use of 1080 on the West Coast for pest control
Pest weeds and grassland recovery work at a scientific reserve in the Mackenzie Basin
Ian Kerr is "The Lettuce Man" growing lettuces and other salad crops in glasshouses
BioBrew is a company producing probiotcs for livestock health
Graziana and Franci Luporini moved from Milan to develop an Angus Stud in Canterbury
New Zealand's largest blackcurrant growers contribute to the community
Monitoring dairy farms to set benchmarks for pasture growth and productivity on the Coast
A massive property is developed by land "flipping" for dairy, deer, sheep and beef farming
Handling protocols for three Zespri kiwifruits developed at Plant and Food Research
A Scottish couple grow and process heritage cattle, sheep and pigs for Farmers' Markets
The Sowman family is using modern technology to manage their large herd in a small herd way.
Arable farmer Don Hart grows winter crops for finishing lambs and for silage
Graham and Mavis Dyer diversified from dairying to horticulture, adding value on the way
John Dean is a collector and grower of heritage fig trees
Helping farmers make good decisions when buying and selling stock
Efforts to understand the prevalence of the pasture pest, black beetle
Ian and Dawn Pirani are goat farmers producing fibre from Angora goats
An owner-operated dairy company is producing artisan cheeses for the local market
A Landcare group in the Whangarei Heads is creating a kiwi-friendly environment
Conservation work at Landcorp's Eweburn Station bordering a National Park
A profile of Castlepoint Station since the 1990's
A multi-national project to map the potato genome
Dairy farmers work to protect the kiwi
Survival and regeneration after flood damage on a dairying and kiwifruit property
Forage trials for a market-led approach in the red meat industry with FarmIQ Systems
A new code of practice and design standards for dairy farm effluent
A new approach to target selective treatments for improved livestock parasite control
An abbatoir uses worms to manage the process waste stream on site
A source of calcium and magnesium for improved soil and animal health
A group of farmers wotk with DOC and local government to address water quality worries
Profile of a member of the New Zealand Young Farmers organisation
A short history of fertiliser spreading in New Zealand
Sharemilkers of the Year take the next step to farm ownership
Breeding, and growing to order, disease resistant apple and citrus trees