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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…
High demand is anticipated for the new Suzuki Vitara Turbo soon to be launched in New Zealand.
Visitors to the Vodafone Fieldays site had access to free Vodafone Rural Connect wi-fi and were able to gauge mobile and broadband coverage on their properties using Smart Farm Test stations.
Waikato Milking Systems has been named the 2016 Air New Zealand Cargo ExportNZ Exporter of the Year.
Rarely a week goes by without a report on a quad crash, prompting howls from experts for better rider training.
Dairy farmers will benefit from a new apprenticeship whose tradesmen will better design, install and maintain their milking, pumping and effluent systems.
Can farms make money – or at least save it – by extracting the energy latent in dairy effluent?
Before we all woke up to the fact dairy effluent is not a waste product, we tended to spread it rather 'inelegantly' on paddocks.
Farmers may be missing out on animal health benefits because there is insufficient culture testing to find out what bugs are causing mastitis.
Younger dairy farm workers newer to the industry but working closely with their veterinarians are more likely to use pain relief on dairy cattle on farms, a survey has shown.
Farmers should see in August the first results of a project funded by DairyNZ and others to allow organisations servicing agriculture to share data effectively.
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Fonterra is set to lose two more executives.
South Auckland farmer Tony Walters is not a computer buff, instead relying on his teenage children to help him navigate the internet.
The dairy downturn is not deterring young Waikato women from training for farm work, says the Hamilton training provider TrainMe.
A leadership programme for dairy women is being championed by a North Otago woman as a huge help.
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