Science fiction
OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
Kiwi farmers are not the only ones nervous about their future as a result of politicians throwing them under the harvester.
Could a pink seaweed hold the solution to our methane emissions problem? Australian scientists think so.
With the Government intent on strangling farmers with unachievable emissions targets, abetted by the ‘suits’ at industry-good bodies, we hear a timely reminder from a scientist.
How can the state-owned Pamu Farms (formerly Landcorp) justify keeping the loudmouth freshwater ecologist Dr Mike Joy, of Victoria University, on its environment reference group?
OPINION: Is Fonterra sliding towards insolvency?
Fonterra says its payouts to Australian farmers are being funded by its operations, not propped up from other places in the balance sheet.
Infant nutrition products contributed strongly to a2 Milk’s record results for the year ended June 30, 2019.
CRV Ambreed is now a strategic partner of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust (NZFET).
Synlait Milk's dispute with a neighbouring landowner over the status of the land where it is building its new Pokeno milk powder plant continues to drag on.
A new scientific article on the management of soil phosphorus makes fascinating reading, writes Dr Bert Quin, managing director of Quin Environmentals.
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A visit to a huge family-run dairy operation in the American Midwest has been “an eye-opener” for Kiwis on a recent farm tour, says leader Ross Macmillan.
Any suggestion of a merger between Lincoln University and the University of Canterbury is now dead in the water following the Minister of Education’s rejection of a partnership proposal by the two institutions.
Dairy Women's Network trustee and Waikato dairy farmer Pamela Storey is standing for the Waikato Regional Council.
Fish & Game New Zealand should recognise farmers’ good work in cleaning up the environment rather than constantly criticising them, says Federated Farmers environment spokesman Chris Allen.
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