Special Reports

Learn by looking over the fence

Creating the right culture in a business where people live and work together is imperative, Anne Lee reports.

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Learner fees covered for migrant workers

Subsidised fees for migrant dairy staff is part of the Government’s objective of achieving a higher-skilled migrant workforce with the right skill mix to support economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic. By Karen Trebilcock.

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Where to for world farmers?

California’s farmers face a range of issues, forcing some to abandon traditional agriculture. By Elaine Fisher.

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Nitrogen use drops 12%

Farmers were getting very clear signals from central and local government, customers, consumers of the need to reduce nitrogen use - even before Russia’s war in Ukraine, Karen Trebilcock reports.

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Stepping up on emissions

Anne Lee reports. Photos: Debbie Henderson.

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Irish farmers face N limits

Ireland has strengthened nitrogen rules. Anne Lee explains them and how the system works.

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