Emma Chrystall has joined Catalyst Performance Agronomy as sales agronomist for Ruapehu, Rangitikei, Manawatu & Hawkes Bay. 

Seed and Grain New Zealand and the NZ Plant Breeding and Research Association have appointed a joint chief executive, Sarah Clark.

Warren Tanner has joined SealesWinslow as the company’s new technical sales representative for Franklin and North West Waikato.

Ben Penno has received the 2024 Fruitfed Supplies Horticultural Scholarship.

Irrigation New Zealand chair Keri Johnston says she’s pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Williams to CEO, effective 24 February.

Jaime Heywood is happy to admit he was ‘blown away’ by the scale of New Zealand’s seed industry when he joined Barenbrug as finance director 16 years ago. 

Robert Sharkie has joined Farmlands in the newly created position of general manager of field and technical sales. 

Even after decades in crop protection, Gordon Harris enjoys nothing more than getting out on orchards, vineyards or farms where producers haven’t got quite the results they’ve wanted, and helping solve the situation. 

Nufarm has recently appointed Celese Smit and Justin France as technical specialists, based in southern Waikato and Hawke’s Bay respectively.

A sales co-ordinator for a large, busy wholesale plant nursery in North Canterbury has been named 2024 Young Horticulturist of the Year, with second place going to botanic garden curator and third to an arborist.

The Zanda McDonald Award, Australasia’s premier accolade for emerging agricultural leaders, has revealed its highly anticipated 2025 shortlist.

With four years spent in the finance team supporting the wool and real estate business units, Dan Nicholls is not new to PGG Wrightson.

Simon Butler, ruminant nutrition extension specialist at SealesWinslow, is converting science into practical advice to help New Zealand dairy farmers feed more efficient herds.