Is Blue River Dairy saving the sheep industry?
Sixty-something entrepreneur Keith Neylon's company is one to watch after 10 years investing in plant, genetics, farms and an entire system to produce sheep milk products, as Peter Kerr finds.
Funding
Sowing the seed: Waikato Uni gets into agri-innovation funding
Waikato University has launched an Agri-tech Seed fund as a way to link innovative businesses in the rural sector with funding, research and expertise.
Agriculture
New Bayer lab a pinup for R&D investment
Bayer has opened a new laboratory at its Auckland Centre for Innovation and Development, focused on veterinary medicine formulations. The million dollar facility was officially opened today by science and innovation minister Steven Joyce.
'Creaky' AgResearch announces Lincoln Hub
AgResearch has announced plans to set up an agricultural hub near Christchurch.
Is natural capital best for nitrogen leaching limits?
Not just the quantity, but the quality of water for farming is also under scrutiny right now.
We band of brothers
Leadership qualities can be innate – but can also be fostered in the right environment. For the future prosperity of New Zealand agriculture, a collaborative approach that identifies and develops a wide range of leaders will be vital.
Evolving more crop per drop
Irrigation has always been vital to agriculture, but access to water, and ways to maximise its effectiveness, have changed over the years. Landcare Research soil scientist Dr Carolyn Hedley charts an irrigation evolution.
Our top 10 primary sector leaders
Over many decades a number of great New Zealanders have helped put the country’s primary industries on the global map. Today, the challenges are more complex and the competition greater, but the best leaders continue to be more than up to the job. As judged by Jacqueline Rowarth, Hamish Gow, and Vincent Heeringa, here are Primary’s Top 10 agri-business leaders
Rationing liquid gold: high-tech water management
Irrigation is getting more high-tech and water efficient as time goes on – which is just as well, as access to the essential fluid gets more and more restricted and expensive. OWEN POLAND looks at the latest in on-farm water management.
