a2 Milk’s new chief executive has moved to sell her entire stake in the company after just two months in the job, causing a stir in the investment community.Jayne Hrdlicka sold 178,616 shares in a2 Milk last Tuesday, and an equal…

Disturbing news came to me via an email just before I was due to write this column, which will seriously impact on trout and salmon angling in New Zealand.An amendment to the Conservation Act has been put to Parliament, without…

Since I have been in time out due to injury, first in a wheelchair and now on crutches, people have asked me if I am bored. Nope.How can I be bored when I can spend an entire morning just getting from the bedroom to the lounge,…

It’s the Best of The Country brought to you by Rabobank and Jamie Mackay. This week Jamie is in Germany at the Future of Farming Dialogue 2018, leaving Rowena Duncum in charge back home.On with the show: Damien O’Connor: The…

A Waipawa water testing firm is urging farmers and lifestyle block owners to check their water regularly following an increase in the number of positive E. coli tests they have carried out. Q Labs, formerly known as Quantum Laboratories,…

A group of Mourea landowners hopes its new tourism venture will showcase new land and views, untold stories and be developed further.The venture is being described as a new way to experience old culture and will be called Kahukiwi…

COMMENT: When will New Zealand dairy farmers wake up and realise that Fonterra Co-operative Group needs a massive shake-up?When will farmers grasp that the group’s poor performance has a massive impact on their pockets, with this…

A North Otago dairy farm has been confirmed as being infected with Mycoplasma bovis.MPI says the farm is connected to known Infected Properties (IPs) through stock movements and that tracing work from these farms is now underway.In…

A kiwifruit contains about as much vitamin C as an orange, thanks to extra genes. The fruit’s extra boost in vitamin C production is the result of the kiwifruit’s ancestors spontaneously duplicating their DNA in two separate evolutionary…

A potato virus found in Canterbury is one that affects the variety used to make potato chips.Biosecurity New Zealand said today it was working with Potatoes New Zealand to respond to a detection of Potato mop-top virus (PMTV) in…