Innovation, Best Practice and Sustainability in New Zealand’s Primary Sector
ArborGen's seed orchard is part of the process of producing superior pine tree varieties
Efforts by this winery's operators in energy and water consumption are paying off
A topdressing company's innovations for efficiency and cost control
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Handing over to the next generation at Broadlands Station
Concern from farmers and beekeepers about the threat of this tree parasite
The Wilson Family have created a tourist attraction and a plant nursery at Cross Hills
Bevan and Wendy Hopcroft on the benefits of entering the NZ Ewe Hogget Competition
A look at one of the world’s largest robotic dairy barns owned and operated by a farming family that are pioneering indoor dairy farming in New Zealand.
The Geraldine based fruit processing company and its suppliers
The NZ Wool Testing Authority has added new test for wool staple length and strength
A business that's harvesting, pressing, bottling and selling olives and olive oil
A project set up by consultant Greg Carlyon to look at water use in the Rangitikei district
A device developed by a dairy farmer for safe and economic water use in dairy shed milk lines
Producing, processing and marketing Greenshell mussels in the Marlborough Sounds
A priority given to tree planting for years won the East Coast Ballance Supreme Award in 2015
Finding the best genetics for beef cows in a B+LNZ hill country trial
John Bostock has set up a largely organic cafe to provide for his staff, and the public
David Marshall recently converted to dairying under the Horizon Region's One Plan
A company providing accurate measurement of dry matter production for grass fed livestock
An environment award for a focus on soil health and an Organic Focus Vineyards project
Paul Olsen is a Young Farmer making the most of his opportunities in the primary sector
A PGP programme (High Performance Manuka Plantations) for erosion prone country
Green Fuels manufactures biodiesel from waste cooking oils collected in the greater Christchurch area
Jill Martin is producing early lambs for season premiums
A dairy farmer has developed an automated low rate application effluent system
Barbara and Neill Simpson have led the way in regenerating native plants in Central Otago
Morrison Farming is a large integrated sheep and beef business with sheep and cattle breeding aspects devoted to genetic improvement.
Growing malting barley for the craft beer industry
Barry and Julie Crawford use EID to track performance of their lambs with Silver Fern Farms
Minimum tillage and a focus on soil fertility and nutrient loss reduction promotes big yields
A study of the nutritional value of high value pet food that contains beef, lamb and venison
A new tool for easy detection of cows coming into heat designed by FarmShed Labs
A dairy sheep farm in Southland is milking around 10,000 ewes across three properties
Blue River Dairy is ready for growth of its sheep dairy products into the Asian market
Richard and Kerie Aubrey work with the QE2 Trust and Whaingaroa Harbour Care
The work of fisheries biologist Charles Mitchell to make use of nutrient run-off from farms
Processing waste paunch grass from meat processing to high quality compost
Converting bloodmeal into a biopolymer that can be extruded like a petrochemical plastic
Growing cherries for export and the local market