"For goodness' sake, you don’t wash your fruit and vegetables in dishwashers.”

Cam Heggie is such a legend he answered 15 questions instead of five.

Pair started collecting heritage fruit trees in the 1980s while living in Kaiwaka.

Karl Davis has netted the Reinz Overall Rural Salesperson award for three years in a row.

Of those surveyed, 50% said they would quit the role within four years of taking it up.

Sheep and beef farmer Alex Meban was raised at Te Hau Station.

"Public grass parks in Napier have suffered badly this season from ravages of grass grub."

COMMENT: This area has "an awful lot" of pollen.

Organiser says the region has “such a rich and varied cuisine scene".

Liam Fisher and his mates showed off the Ag Beam Lifter at Fieldays this year.

One of the largest displays of vintage farm machinery in the Southern Hemisphere.

Marr farms with brother Stuart and father Graham on the south side of the Rakaia River.

'If you’re not fed or nourished, you can’t learn.'

A wrap of the FAR projects taking place around the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

Different aspects of rural women's lives made the papers back in the day.

“By 2017/2018 it was clear from our figures that wool prices were dropping off sharply."

Opinion: Spring, Red, Brown or shallots, we are talking onions this week.

The 2024 competition raises money for NZ mental health and dog-related charities.

'Unfortunately, we're not seeing anything that will signal a sharp turnaround.'

The Steenkamp family know most of their 63 goats by name.

OPINION: This vintage tractor museum will put Thornbury on the map.

In 1921, Scottie travelled back home to his old farm - from New Brighton to Herbert.

“There are times they’ve helped us, so there’s a lot of respect for older farmers."

Ever wanted to ride a yak, reindeer or camel? A Northland adventurer explains how.

'This year we’re encouraging whitebaiters to think about safety.'

Demonstrations are always a big hit when Noel Blackwell takes his chaff cutter to a show.

'I just chuck them in the ground [but] it’s a lot of hard work.'

Opinion: Florence fennel is flavoursome but sometimes frowned upon.

The mystery plant, believed to be a large variety of kale, is almost 3m tall.

The Country has five questions to get to know rural New Zealand a little better.