Buttery prize
OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Farmers worldwide have always loved Massey Ferguson tractors, particularly the venerable 135 and 165 models.
Supermarkets are among the best-lighted places on Earth. Philips, GE et al design huge arrays of LED lights to illuminate all corners of grocery stores.
Forget the little old lady who lived in a shoe; there’s a Japanese family who live in a milk carton.
Still on the Fieldays, one weird product seen there has made global news.
The National Government already has a sharp eye on next year’s poll.
The Green Party's list of the top 10 dirty rivers in New Zealand is farcical and brings into question their credibility, says IrrigationNZ chief executive Andrew Curtis.
The condition of New Zealand's rivers should never be treated as a political football. Yet in the past two weeks we've seen two blatantly political announcements treating it that way.
The basic reason for Fieldays hasn't changed in its nearly 50 year history: getting willing buyers in front of enthusiastic sellers and enticing them with the hint of a bargain or two.
Hundreds of dairy cows were killed and farms across Tasmania severely damaged this month in the worst flooding many farmers have ever experienced.
Contractors are working at pace to convert 53% of Lincoln University's Ashley Dene farm into a world-leading dairy research farm, in time for milking in late July.
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Unmanaged vegetation areas favoured by mallard ducks for nesting can be deathtraps for ducklings -- hunted and killed there by predators, according to new research in Southland.
Fieldays 2016 has come and gone, and the weather was kind – cool mornings and a little seasonal Waikato fog.
The Ministry for Primary Industries predicts the dairy industry will take four more years before it equals the record $17.7 billion it earned in exports in 2014.
FoodWaikato's open access spray dryer at Waikato Innovation Park is operating at capacity, helping companies using it for research and development to grow their export markets.
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