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.
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
Managing the invasion of the kiwifruit bacteris, Psa
An internationally important restoration project is a group effort
Riparian planting and fencing targets of the Clean Streams Accord are exceeded in Taranaki
Efforts to control the invasive fresh water weed, hornwort
Addressing the causes of stray voltage to prevent animal distress and low milk production
A forward-thinking large scale fruit growing and packing operation in Nelson
A factory upgrade means more beans processed in the region for McCain Foods
A vertically integrated family-run organic cheese business
Progress in a catchment trying to improve water run-off quality
A boutique brewer of kiwi tequila
Farmers adjust their management systems to help recover after big storm events
A flourishing green tea business in dairy country
The Golden Bay hatchery of New Zealand King Salmon
Countering the effects of the colder seasons with a good feed plan
A data hub developed by genetics company LIC pulls farm information together
Genetic Gains is a company set up to improve the New Zealand sheep industry
Understanding milk production regulation mechanisms in dairy cows
A couple has built a sustainable native timber forestry operation
A working farm and recreational reserve on an island is now pest free
Achieving higher production with better environmental management tools
Technologies being developed at Scion to convert biomass to processable bioplastics
Study into bioenergy options for New Zealand
Knauf Farm at Tangiwai Station provides education for school leavers
Top sheep producers at Kohata Station winners in NZ Ewe Hogget Competition
A study into a pest that is threatening potatoes, tomatoes, capsicums and egg plants
A safety-conscious forestry operation
A text alert system for effluent management is trialled by technology company Re:Gen
New generation applicators for animal health from Simcro
A supplementary crop has grown into a multi-million dollar popcorn enterprise
A spray-free hydroponic vegetable garden, producing greens for a Farmers' Market
The effects of a pasture renewal programme on a Waikato dairy operation
Two years ago we visited the Grahams at their Pukeatua property where they farm milking goats biologically a system that they say is beyond...
A new test developed at Hill Laboratories to better understand soil variances on farm
Innovative pasture management on a dryland property wins a deer industry award
A group of Banks Peninsula farmers work together to improve their returns for wool
Trials underway to identify edible gourmet fungi for the Northern Hemisphere