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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
The organisers of the inaugural two-day Pasture Summit have got it wrong in asking journalists to pay a $380 registration fee.
OPINION: Fonterra farmers have delivered a stinging rebuke to the co-op leaders: don’t expect us to rubber stamp your director candidates, was the message in last week’s results.
Coromandel builder Richard Harden says farmers looking at a shelter for cows should take a look at Alpine Buildings.
At least half of the exhibitor sites are now sold for the South Island Agricultural Field Days, says spokesman Daniel Schat.
The Kioti NX 6020 tractor has been a "real eye-opener" for Jason and Rowan Turner, who, like many, had been using too bigger tractors for small jobs.
British company BuyAnyPart has launched a service manufacturing rare or obsolete parts using 3-D printing technology.
John Deere has introduced the new diesel Z994R Commercial ZTrak zero-turn mower, said to offer more performance and efficiency, and available in New Zealand from early 2019.
Amazone has opened a Fertiliser Spreader Application Centre to better serve its customers worldwide.
When Klaas and Janny Akkersma arrived in New Zealand from Holland in 1998 they brought with them a bucketful of hope and limited funds.
Good effluent management is a combination of a well-designed effluent system and processes for people, says DairyNZ.
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Launched in 2012, the Cobra irrigator, designed and manufactured by Hi-Tech Enviro Solutions, quickly became a farmer favourite for its efficiency and ease of use, says the company’s business manager Rob Johnson.
CB Norwood Distributors will be at the Effluent Expo (November 27, 28) with its Pichon slurry tankers and pond stirrers.
A controversial dairy conversion in the Mackenzie Country is now allowed to irrigate, even as Environment Canterbury warns that such intensive farming in the area would not now get approval.
Effluent managed well is a nutrient and a benefit to your farming practice, says Pye Group’s Michelle Pye.
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