El Niño: Weather pattern could raise farm input costs but New Zealand agriculture sector seen as resilient
“The discussions are for a strong El Niño, but overall we don’t think it’s going to have massive…
New Zealand’s biggest solar farm connects to national grid near Te Aroha
Most of the site will remain in productive farming, switching from dairy to sheep farming. The photovoltaic panels…
Small Business: From dairy farm to beauty brand with Elm Lab
Every product we create is small-batch, intentional and developed in collaboration with skin specialists to support skin prone…
Award-winning dairy trainee Wil Wilkie’s move from Auckland to a Waikato farm career
“There was a definite draw to farming, but I had very little experience.” Wilkie enrolled at Toi Ohomai…
Rotorua: Hunts Farm block for sale with potential for 400-plus homes
Pukehāngi Heights Plan Change 2 enabled residential and rural residential development. The council’s 2023 future development strategy said…
Clarkson’s Farm: Why it reminds us farming is still one of the toughest jobs – Glenn Dwight
Only now the supercars have been replaced with tractors, the racetrack has become a paddock and instead of…
Farm succession: Why older farmers are delaying retirement
They initially farmed the two properties together as a family, before a plan emerged to split the farm…
Lodestone’s Haldon Solar Farm wins fast-track approval in Mackenzie Basin
“The positive draft decision recognises that renewable energy development and environmental stewardship can be delivered together,” Lodestone managing…
Overseas buyer snaps up another Hawke’s Bay farm for forestry conversion
Craigmore Sustainables acts on behalf of Kauri Forestry in New Zealand, managing and governing its assets and purchases.…
From farm life to forged art: Te Kūiti sculptor’s work inspires and aids others
His apprenticeship in mechanical engineering and his self-taught blacksmithing skills were suddenly in demand when he started receiving…
‘I’ve been right by his side’: Clarkson’s Farm star Kaleb Cooper issues update on Jeremy Clarkson after shock cancer news
Cooper praised Clarkson for the determination he’s shown since receiving his diagnosis. “He’s strong-minded, he’s got a strong…
Designing for Chickens: Rethinking How Humans and Animals Share Space
House of Chickens / SO? Architecture and Ideas. Image © Ali Taptik Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest…