Improved pasture management, a healthier fertiliser policy, and some new technology to provide animal traceability from source to slaughter have led to better farm performance...
Total Vineyard Solutions (TVS) is a suite of consultancy services and products from Corbans Viticulture. Developed in 2007, it captures every aspect of vineyard development...
AgResearch Textile Science and Technology Section used to be the Wool Research Organisation of NZ (WRONZ), then Canesis Network, and then was bought 18 months...
Angela Payne's company Agri-lab Co-Products Ltd deals with bits and pieces from meat processing plants that no-one else was previously much interested in. Using unique...
On-Farm Research is a private research company focusing on grass-roots research and they are the New Zealand experts in calf-rearing research.The Poukawa research station used...
If you want to be an organic or biodynamic farmer or learn about how to convert your property or become certified - where...
Firstlight Venison is a relatively new company that is a new model of a supply chain for the meat industry.Firstlight Venison is half owned by...
The Otago Daily Times once said that this plant which has been here since 1912 - was the worst polluter in the southern hemisphere,...
At peak production this Herbert based business produces up to half a million eggs a week. The Craig family has been involved in poultry farming...
Dr David Everetts (Senior lecturer in Food Science, Otago University) specialist interest is dairy food chemistry, particularly cheeses. With the growth of the food...
Way back in 1872 Henry Mitchell bought land at Weston, just outside of Oamaru and named the property Parkside after the Parkside Hotel he owned...
AgResearch, the University of Otago, also Victoria, and also Landcare Research have all been involved in possum research. All of these possum projects have been...
Te Mania Angus has 830 breeding cows on a North Canterbury property and nearly 2000 cows on a sister stud in Victoria, Australia.It is one...
The AgResearch reproduction research team at Invermay is identifying animals with increased embryo survival, either to ensure a higher rate of twin lambs, rather than...
Bryan Hocken is a former Taranaki Fed Farmers president , unofficial Mayor of Tarata and local character. In heartland dairy farming country hes carved out...
26 year old Simon Adams and his partner Nicola Cocksedge have two children Jordan (5) and Olivia and (15 months).When Simon left high school he...
Dairy support is the major income earner on Robin and Jacqueline Blackwells 600-hectare Taranaki farm, Mangaotea, between Stratford and Inglewood.Ninety percent of stock run on...
The Manawatu-Wanganui region encompasses around 8% of New Zealands land area. There are 6000 farms in the region.Horizons Regional Council is trying to strike a...
Norm Johnson was a keen cricketer. His best score ever, he says, was 85 not out. Now in his 86th year hes aiming for his...
AgResearch and Massey University are working together in a joint venture in the Hopkirk Research Institute. They are developing new diagnostic tools for internal parasites...
Greening Waipara is a biodiversity enhancement project on a large scale in the wine-growing region of North Canterbury around Waipara township.Over 40 vineyards have planted...
Imported palm kernel extract (PKE) is now a popular supplementary feed for dairy cows.Massey University and AgResearch Grasslands have been researching the use of palm...
The pasture management system used at the Lincoln University Dairy farm is the main reason the farm is in the top 1% of dairy farms...
A predicted annual wool loss of $1.2million in the Merino and $1million in the Mid Micron sectors through drench resistance alone has been highlighted by...
Three innovations designed to improve milking systems and the quality of milk.
In June this year, charitable trust The Carbon Farming Group (CFG) launched an easy to use, online calculator, which estimates a farms potential carbon liability...
AS Wilcox and Sons was started by John Wilcoxs grandfather Syd and one of his sons Lex, who is now chairman of the board. They...
Now in the second year of a series of trials supported by SFF, there have been some mistakes made and lessons learnt in the quest...
After success with an Innovation dairy farm at Walton, Innovation Waikato were commissioned by NZTE in 2006 to establish plans for an integrated farm management...
The current suite of carbon options available to farm foresters or wait for 18 months until the situation is a little bit clearer.Piers Maclaren, independent...
David and Ailsa Miller have been dairy farmers for their entire working life, starting out on town supply at Ardmore near Auckland, moving on to...
Lettuce aphid was discovered in New Zealand in 2002 and spread rapidly to all growing areas. A big science programme with funding from government and...
Goats are very susceptible to worms under intensive farming conditions. Some drenches can be effective but have long withholding periods in milking goats where the...
It has been said that DNA Proven genetics is the most significant development in farm productivity improvement since artificial breeding (AB) began in New Zealand...
An entrepreneurial dairy farmer in the northern reaches of the West Coast takes advantage of a unique climate to grow tomatoes for both local...
Kawatiri PeppersIn a non-traditional horticultural region a capsicum grower on the edge of Westport is supplying local and Canterbury markets with high quality capsicums.The West...
Gold mining company, Oceana Gold, is a primary producer operating on Department of Conservation land behind Reefton.The mine, which has been processing gold ore for...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS NO LONGER OPERATES FROM THE WEST COAST AND THE FARM HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN.
Peter and Helen McLaren are very accomplished large herd farm managers, and have worked in the industry for a long time; they are very successful...
Blackball Salami was founded in 1992 as a family business based in the historic West Coast town of Blackball. It produces fermented, naturally cured and...
