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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…
Fewer than 40% of New Zealanders know what biosecurity means and only a mere 2% say it is relevant to them.
Farming will change post Mycoplasma bovis, says Roger Smith, the man appointed to head Biosecurity New Zealand, a new dedicated stand-alone business unit within the Ministry for Primary Industries.
Fonterra's business in China has blossomed in recent years.
The tide is turning at Fonterra’s China Farms.
Bringing farming into a revamped emissions trading scheme (ETS) is now being considered by the interim climate change committee, says Climate Change Minister James Shaw.
All farmers should feel threatened by the possibility that agriculture will come under the emissions trading scheme (ETS), says Federated Farmers climate change spokesman Andrew Hoggard.
Arriving just in time for recent regional field days, the new Kawasaki Mule range bears the title Mule PRO-FXR.
For people looking for an off-road vehicle for their agriculture or a lifestyle property, the Kymco range of quads and side-by-side vehicles is an alternative to the mainstream products.
DairyNZ has announced a three-week climate change roadshow with eight workshops for dairy farmers in regional centres around New Zealand.
Ministry of Primary Industries’ testing has found a second farm in the North Island with positive Mycoplasma bovis infection.
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Fonterra’s Brightwater dairy factory has received funding to reduce its site’s reliance on coal.
The latest Environment Court decision that brutally cut Federated Farmers’ bid to stop regional councils banning GMOs hopefully puts an end to farmers getting their knickers in a twist about this issue.
The second to last Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event for the 2017-18 production season saw the auction’s price index down 1.1%.
Seventy years since inception, dairy automation company Lely remains a big influence on farming worldwide.
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