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Jason and Clare Nish have successfully grown maize in Mid Canterbury over the past ten years. 

As the vibrant hues of summer fade into the cozy warmth of autumn, it's time to embrace the magic of fall gardening. From harvesting the last of your summer bounty to planting ready for cool-season crops like winter lettuce and spinach, autumn offers many opportunities to nurture your garden.

The kitchen is referred to as the heart of the home, a place for gathering with family and friends and making memories. So why not show your personality and reflect your own style, taste, and lifestyle at the core of your living space.

Fall into autumn with this delicious Baked Brie recipe. The perfect accompaniment to any gathering or cosy night in, this smokey and salty-sweet combination is highly addictive.

As one of Ruralco’s longest serving staff members, there are few parts of the business Lester Chambers hasn’t been involved in.

Unsightly piles of used tyres that occasionally make the news with spectacular and environmentally damaging fires may become a thing of the past once the Tyrewise stewardship programme gets into full swing

Christchurch Men’s Prison Piggery is not just a producer of premium free-farmed New Zealand pork, it is also a place where men in prison do meaningful work and build new employment and life skills.

As the farming season draws towards a close, the ups and downs of a particularly tumultuous year have finally started to make themselves clearer as crops are sold, herds start to be dried off, and the last of the season’s lambs are sold.

Two new Directors have recently been welcomed to the Ruralco Board bringing a wealth of experiences and farming knowledge to the table.

Having teamed up with Southern Stations Wagyu, Michael Schat has moved away from the dairy industry to pursue new opportunities as part-owner and operator of the company’s first Canterbury-based state-of-the-art wagyu composting finishing barn at Aylesbury.