Gianina Schwanecke

Southland sheep farmer Megan Seator is unravelling new uses for Romney's strong wool in a range of skincare products.

For close to 30 years, Whanganui couple Marilyn and Marty Vreede have been making paper from leftover harakeke from the district's many weavers, while also helping to revitalise te reo Māori.

The move comes after a survey found both E coli and nitrate concentrations were increasing. Audio

Strong winds battered Bay of Plenty and Coromandel orchards, with growers left mulching trees and salvaging fruit.

The first flock of chicks have been transferred to the Otago laying farm.

Researchers across the ditch are making good progress in their efforts to reduce emissions created from the brewing process, while also creating benefits for livestock.

The Andrews family has gone from selling farm-raised meats at a farmers' market to running their own butchery.

For the past year, Country Life has been watching Wairarapa dog triallist Chris Shaw train up his latest working dog, Miley - a young Huntaway that's got that "X-factor".

A new biofuel is making waves in the shipping sector and could help exporters reduce their transport emissions.

As new technologies see the horticulture sector become increasingly automated, its post-harvest workforce will need to develop new skills.

The gloom and wet of winter is especially challenging for Southland's farms where pasture can go for nearly a third of the year without growth.

That's the focus of a recent research paper that looked at how commercialising native species might help with conservation.

A new device is helping growers detect diseases out of thin air.

Dual land use, with pigs and cattle grazing under solar panels, has unlocked new opportunities for Waitangi Farm in Waiuku. Mostly importantly say Nigel and Merrin Upchurch, it aligns with their…

New Zealand has fallen from 'peak tractor' with bigger machinery, rising on-farm costs and farmers becoming more efficient driving sales down.

A union says potential plans to privatise New Zealand's meat inspection service could put food quality and safety at risk.

After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems.

It's been estimated that spiders consume up to 800 million tons of (mostly) bugs globally per year.

The unmaned vehicle has the potential to make trimming trees in difficult areas safer and easier.

Whole farm-to-forest conversions continue, according to a new report released by Beef and Lamb New Zealand.

A new study has stressed that agricultural soils now hold around 23 times more microplastics than oceans or waterways.

An expert explains the secret power of protein.

Sheet metal from outbuildings and copperwires from frost fans are among the things stolen.