Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation (ABC) wants to be the first company in the world to economically produce biofuel from wild algae harvested from open-air environments, to...
Steve MacKenzie is a crop and beef farmer with 350 ha near Wairau Valley township.He is chairman of a trust is seeking to set up...
Corbans Viticulture is one of the largest dedicated viticulture nurseries in the country, supplying grafted grapevines to the wine industry. The company has a long...
Max Purnell was a dairy farmer, now raises dry stock. His interest in improving soil has spanned at least two decades, and he has farmed...
About DairyBaseDairyBase is a secure, web-based tool for dairy farmers to analyse their financial performance. It helps keep farmers focussed on optimising farm profitability. Dairy...
Enzo Bettios family are Italian in origin but lived for several generations in Switzerland. Enzo grew up into the family business, which was largely to...
This project focuses on protection of biodiversity/native vegetation on private land as part of good sustainable land management. It is a good news story that...
A fourth generation farmer on the Clevedon coast, Callum McCallum has diversified into acquaculture in order to stay on the land. These days he produces...
Russell Welsh started looking to develop a few more characteristics into his Romney flock back in 1997. He wanted higher fertility, better milking ability, better...
The Grays farm at Owaka, in Southland, comprises three blocks: the original family farm of 248 ha, fairly steep and exposed to the south; another...
Clifton WoolN Things is found in a barn on the historic Otago Peninsula property of Pat and Ian Robertson. For 30 years, it has sold...
Waianiwa Pastoral is a recent large-scale dairy conversion in central Southland, organised by AGInvest, of Feilding, which forms farm syndicates of investors with an equity...
The Wishart gene is the latest in a stable of four sheep prolificacy genes investigated by scientists at AgResearchs Invermay campus, near Dunedin.Scientist, Dr George...
Fonterra's milk-payout announcements have fuelled an unprecedented demand for farms for conversion, in particular, and equity partnerships are becoming more common. Dairy Trust ( Talleys...
The Nilsons were leasing a tobacco, maize and cattle farm in Zimbabwe that they hoped to buy, when they were forcibly evicted. Zimbabwe- born Kim...
Doug and Sally Lane are featured in a recently published booklet, Farming with Native Trees, a Guide for Farmers from Northland to Waikato, as inspirational...
On the 29 March Northland had a rain bomb that caused widespread damage, severe in certain localities. Approximately 400mm of rain fell in the Hikurangi...
Don McKay is a former chairman of the Northern Beef Council and a former monitor and focus farmer in Northland. Don and Jacque have owned...
Integrated pest management (IPM) aims to maximise the ecosystem services that beneficial predators can provide, to minimise unnecessary pesticide use and to ensure that where...
Water is a very important issue for dairying in Canterbury and North Otago. In these areas, irrigation by dairy farms uses a lot of water....
Clifton Corriedale Stud, founded in 1929 has become under Arthur Blakely the leading Corriedale stud in the country, winning numerous Canterbury and Royal Show championships...
Four years ago Hongoeka Development and NIWA got together to talk possible uses for a strip of coastal land that their people own at Plimmerton...
Through resourcefulness and hard work, a Mid-Canterbury couple have progressed to owning a sheep and cattle farm. Starting with nothing as 18-year-old newlyweds, Murray and...
Until the arrival of the varroa mite, beekeeping had a low but important profile in New Zealand agriculture. Seven years on from the mites arrival...
The Banks Peninsula Track was New Zealands first private walkway, opened 18 years ago as a means of earning off-farm income for cash-strapped farmers on...
The 960ha Te Rangi station has been owned by the Heays family since 1917, which is now 90 years. Murray Heays was born in 1931...
Veterinary public health research at Massey has expanded to new dimensions of diagnostic capability with its relocation to the new Hopkirk Research Institute.Professor Nigel Frenchs...
Noelene Taylor and her husband farming 230 ha near Rongotea. At the peak theyre milking 670 Friesian cows (milking platform 210ha). The Taylors aim for...
The Hawke's Bay High Performance Farming Systems programme commenced in 2004, with the aim of developing a greater understanding of the key drivers of productivity...
Two dairy farms, two small herds being studied side by side on the same property, one organic and one conventional. After 6 years what are...
Waitangirua Farm is contained within Belmont Regional Park, which is a significant area of open space adjoining the two major urban centres of Lower Hutt...
A national survey of the prevalence of drench resistance on sheep and beef farms has shown that the spread of drench resistance is 20 years...
NIWA figures show that this autumn was one of the driest for 30 years, with rainfall less that 50 percent of average in the East...
Encouraging better understanding of catchment impacts on a local aquaculture industry
In the early 2000s a group of farmers and researchers got together near Woodville to investigate the potential to generate enough electricity, from local renewable...
Work to mitigate impacts of land based activities on water quality
Waitatapia Station is a large scale arable and drystock farm run by two brothers, Hew and Roger Dalrymple. Between them they are using the best...
Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand (SWNZ) is an industry initiated programme, managed by New Zealand Winegrowers.The aim is to ensure the longevity of the industry through...
Research aimed at better understanding the impact of different land uses on the ecological health of the Motueka River catchment
The Jacksons were farmers in southern Wairarapa on a smaller property until 2000 when they purchased the Nelson property which has now become Birchwood Terraces....
