Rural life

A handful of Mid Canterbury growers outperformed the national average for maize silage with a yield of 22.2 tonnes to the hectare.

Converntional cherry trees are on the way out, a Central Otago cherry growing adviser says.

When Roger and Janine Southby told their friends and family they had bought almost six hectares of hazelnut trees with "no orchard experience whatsoever," they thought the pair had gone a little...

Arable farmers with fuller silos of the six main cereal crops from a better harvest than last season seem to be taking a cautious approach to autumn and winter sowing.

When Roger and Janine Southby told their friends and family they had bought almost six hectares of hazelnut trees with "no orchard experience whatsoever," they thought the pair had gone a little...

Australian pest control expert Dr Paul Horne likes nothing better than to squeeze a caterpillar apart to see if a maggot is wriggling inside.

Over a million trays of New Zealand kiwifruit that were onboard a ship with a mice problem will be destroyed.

Horticulture New Zealand is calling on the government to ensure changes to the Resource Management Act do not put domestic fruit and vegetable production at risk.

Poor lamb returns and fewer contracts for ryegrass seed crops are leading some Mid Canterbury mixed arable farmers to reduce lamb finishing numbers in favour of dairy grazing this season.