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....
Farmers are generally not aware of the dangers to people and the environment of the wastes generated on farm. Farm dumps are often still used...
There is more than a passing connection between honey mead and lovers. Mead is one of the worlds oldest fermented beverages, and in some cultures...
Open Country Cheese was formed by primary sector entrepreneur and former cabinet minister Wyatt Creech and a number of other investors when the dairy industry...
Historically, water management has been in the hands of catchment boards and regional councils but now the irrigators and the water users are taking more...
The condition of Waikato streams is a cause for concern. Around 80% of them don't meet bathing water standards because of bacteria and algal growth...
Around 3% of dairy farmers (about 350) are currently milking once-a-day (OAD) throughout the year (not just at the tail end of the season as...
The quaint South Canterbury township of Geraldine has become a gastronomic paradise for foodies from all over New Zealand.In among its burgeoning tantalising foods lies...
Root restriction, or bonsai in Japan, was developed over 1000 years ago in Japan. It enabled the enjoyment of the shape and form of trees...
Life blood is often used to describe the sometimes precarious need for water to feed the farming industries in Canterbury. From large corporate dairy producers...
There are strong signals from developed markets of a demand for organic milk products from New Zealand, already perceived as clean and green.In 2004, Fonterra...
In January, 2006 South Canterbury Textiles was about to close spelling the end of nearly 100 years of textile manufacturing on the site and the...
There are two classes of vegetable seed production; hybrid and open-pollinated.Potential returns from growing hybrid vegetable seed crops are high at $20-$30/kg but so are...
Awarima and Meldreth are farmed in conjunction by brothers Greg and Mike Anderson and their wives, Sandra and Danni. This arrangement was begun in 2002.Awarima...
Ferrets can be vectors for bovine TB. Scavenging carcasses infects them, so they are good indicators of the presence of TB in the general wildlife...
Since 1989 Peter Diver has been experimenting with growing the South Island fresh water crayfish (koura). By trial and error he and wife Francie have...
New Zealands dryland environments are located in the rain-shadow area east of the main mountain ranges, and contain some of the least protected and most...
Malvern Downs is 853ha of mainly flat farm land at Tarras, Central Otago. It is not typical of high country farms, because it is much...
