by Luci | Nov 3, 2023 | Default
Farmlands is partnering with rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong for the co-op’s annual Tag Your Charity fundraiser. Each year Farmlands selects a national charity and its store teams choose a local charity for customers to donate to when they shop in store. Last...
by Luci | Nov 3, 2023 | Default
Entries are open for the 2024 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award, for up-and-coming young Māori working on dairy farms around the country. Inaugurated in 2012 and aiming to recognise the achievements of young Māori in farming and horticulture, the awards next year...
by Luci | Nov 3, 2023 | Default
Wildfires increasingly threaten to destroy lives, property and the environment. Around 10% of all fires globally occur on agricultural land. New research has been published by a team from Lincoln University, looking at what crops are low in flammability and how we can...
by Luci | Nov 2, 2023 | Default
Westland Milk Products is a finalist in the Deloitte Top 200 Awards for the Most Improved Performance NZ Business award. With a record financial year performance off 2022 about to be repeated in 2023, Westland is one of three finalists, alongside Ports of Auckland and...
by Luci | Nov 2, 2023 | Default
South Island growers may soon have a new way to sell their ugly fruit and vegetables – the ones considered not pretty enough for the supermarkets. Wonky Box takes that fruit and sells it on line and now is planning to expand its fresh produce delivery service...
by Luci | Nov 2, 2023 | Default
A change of pace and properly designed regulation are top of the wish list for arable farmers from the new incoming government. Federated Farmers arable industry chair David Birkett says we need to make sure regulations to operate in New Zealand are robust with good...
