Agribusiness

The Central Plains water scheme is on the way By Bridget Gourlay A multi-million dollar project irrigating the central Canterbury plains from the Waimakariri and Rakaia rivers is well on…

A Pressing Concern By Melinda Collins Entrepreneur is a term applied to the person willing to take upon him or herself a new venture and accept full responsibility for the…

By Bridget Gourlay Chemically ridden streams, dirty rivers and poisoned fish are threatening New Zealand’s clean and green image and the finger is being pointed squarely at the dairy industry.…

By Melinda Collins Is a pinch of talent, a dash of government funding and a dollop of Kiwi ingenuity the recipe to improve New Zealand’s innovation performance? Seems it is.…

Danger looming on the horizon By Melinda Collins   The nature of a competitive global market dictates that expecting a better result from doing what you’ve always done is a…

By Bridget Gourlay Townies: Suits who wouldn’t know one end of a cow from another, but are happy to complain about water issues while getting rich off the taxes from…

By Melinda Collins Foreign investment deals in agriculture are nothing new. In colonial times European countries established plantation economies in Africa, Asia and Latin America to export food. Today Persian…

By Bridget Gourlay Not so long ago, a typical Kiwi family on a typical weekend drive had two lunch options; pies and a cuppa at a roadside diner, or something…

By Bridget Gourlay Last year, on my way through Europe, I got up early in the morning in Budapest and hopped on a train. In the following nine hours, I…

By Corazon Miller Right in the heart of the Waikato’s green pastures, sits the ultimate launch pad for New Zealand’s cutting edge agricultural innovation – The Mystery Creek Events Centre.…