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The world's biggest cloning factory being built in Tianjin, China, will begin cloning cattle in seven months.
It will have technology sufficiently advanced to replicate humans, the head of the company, Xu Xiaochun, told AFP.
It aims to clone a million cows a year by 2020 to help meet the rising demand for beef in China, he says.
The scientist and entrepreneur says cattle are only the beginning: they plan to clone thoroughbred racehorses, pet dogs and police dogs for searching and sniffing.
OPINION: What does the birth rate in China have to do with stock trading? Just ask a2 Milk Company.
Additional tariffs introduced by the Chinese Government last month on beef imports should favour New Zealand farmers and exporters.
One of the most galling aspects of the tariffs whacked on our farm exports to the US is the fact that, now more than ever, US farmers are being propped up by government welfare – a direct result of Trump’s hardline on its trading partners.
China looks set to play a key role in helping the New Zealand wool sector shift away from trading as a commodity supplier.
If you find a new consumer in a developed wine market, you are taking them from someone else, says Blank Canvas co-founder Sophie Parker-Thomson MW.
While the District Field Days brought with it a welcome dose of sunshine, it also attracted a significant cohort of sitting members from the Beehive – as one might expect in an election year.
Irish Minister of State of Agriculture, Noel Grealish was in New Zealand recently for an official visit.
While not all sibling rivalries come to blows, one headline event at the recent New Zealand Rural Games held in Palmerston North certainly did, when reigning World Champion Jack Jordan was denied the opportunity of defending his world title in Europe later this year, after being beaten by his big brother’s superior axle blows, at the Stihl Timbersports Nationals.
AgriZeroNZ has invested $5.1 million in Australian company Rumin8 to accelerate development of its methane-reducing products for cattle and bring them to New Zealand.
Farmers want more direct, accurate information about both fuel and fertiliser supply.
A bull on a freight plane sounds like the start of a joke, but for Ian Bryant, it is a fond memory of days gone by.
