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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 winners of the 2015 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are ahead of the game in driving profitability on farms during a forecast period of low milk payouts, say judges.
The latest wool auction of 4,700 bales from the North Island saw mixed price movements with a generally steady market overall.
With the annual ‘big move’ of Gypsy Day not too far away, it might be timely to give your farm transport a once over for the new season.
Clic Wheel Systems quotes farmers John and Deborah McIntyre, of Nuhaka, Hawke’s Bay, as saying that anyone who feels strongly about the safe use of quads should be fitting dual wheels.
Between 2009 and 2014 there were 241 workplace fatalities in New Zealand.
Tainui Group Holdings manages the commercial assets of the Waikato-Tainui people. With a diverse portfolio that includes the likes of hotels in Hamilton and Auckland airport, to an involvement in healthcare, its vision extends out to 50 years.
Indian Motorcycle, America’s first motorcycle company, is adding an “understated” new machine to its line-up — the Indian Chief Dark Horse.
Until recently alternative energy was a niche market, normally talked about by people who had goatee beards and wore sandals with white socks. How times change.
You may be old enough to remember the movie: the year 1971, and Sean Connery aka James Bond is chased by security guards on red three-wheel motorbikes with huge knobbly tyres.
While Subaru has never hit the top of the tree in the race for market share, it has over the years developed a loyal following in New Zealand, not least among those who saw the benefits the brand’s all-wheel drive (AWD) offered over its mainstream rivals.
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While maize maintains its stranglehold as the supplementary crop of the North Island, there’s no doubt that fodder beet is increasing in importance in the lower South Island.
Adding ative live yeast Vistacell can improve rumen function in grazing cows, says supplier AB Vista.
National average somatic cell count (SCC) levels have been dropping recently and are on track to reach a bulk milk SCC of 150,000 cells/ml by 2016.
Vastly improving a poorly performing paddock led to Waiuku farmer Robert Garshaw winning the first-year pasture category of DairyNZ’s Pasture Renewal Persistence competition.
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