Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
A North Canterbury dairy farmer’s passion for technology and innovation.
The rapid growth of Southern Alp Sprouts.
A new strong wool product designed for interior and acoustic applications.
An automated scanning robot providing vineyards with improved yield predictions.
The 20 year-long process to secure water supply for the Waimea Plain.
Producing fruit without trees, vines or bushes.
Laser technology detecting unseen damage in fresh fruit and vegetables.
A high-tech, sustainable vegetable growing operation in Tasman.
Plant and Food Research trials an open-ocean aquaculture system.
The B Corp certified geothermally-powered milk plant of Miraka.
The development behind Zespri’s RubyRed kiwifruit for domestic and world markets.
Using the Lean business approach to successfully run a dairy farm.
Developing novel endophytes for ryegrass.
Plant Hawke’s Bay rebuilds after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Evaluating the impacts of deferred grazing on hill country pastures.
The benefits of robotic milking for a dairy farming couple.
Making fence posts from plastic waste.
Using technologies for the rapid prediction of livestock performance on farm.
Leaft Foods create a plant-based protein for people and a co-product for stock.
A large-scale operation grows vegetables in Canterbury.
Wheytech Bionics develop a new sweetener from a by-product of cheese-making.
Exploring the viability of a domestic seaweed farming industry with Envirostrat.
A hi-tech under-net apple orchard in Hawke’s Bay.
AI software identifies lameness early in dairy cows.
A world first 100% electric cherry orchard.
A $20m salad house is helping a Gisborne-based company to protect its market position, secure jobs and cushion the impact of climate change.
New greenhouses will make this family owned company more sustainable.
Technology developed by a Marlborough oyster farmer.
NZ’s largest and most successful private research organisation is celebrating 100 years of research endeavour.
The world’s first algae-based pain medication.
A study comparing pasture-raised beef with grain-finished beef and with plant protein.
Development of a model investigating future global food system scenarios from a nutrition perspective.
Forestry company OneFortyOne is adding value to the timber production chain by innovating in the domestic market.
A company using wool for disposable hygiene products.
Research programmes at the Southern Dairy Hub.
A return visit to the Hub to see progress after four years.
The Future Foods development programme run by Riddet Institute’s scientists.
The benefits of CT scanning farm animals.
A factory processing hemp for an increasing number of growers.
Methane reduction research takes another tack by targeting food supply to the rumen.
Lowering greenhouse gases by breeding low methane emitting sheep.