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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…
Nine years ago, Jaspal Singh arrived from India to study IT. Today he's contract milking 740 cows in Culverden, North Canterbury.
OPINION: Animal diseases are associated with significant increases in livestock greenhouse gas emissions and land use, and reduced productivity. They also pose a threat to food security.
OPINION: It's safe to say that He Waka Eke Noa - the industry and government partnership to deal with emissions pricing - is dead in the water.
OPINION: A mutilation mystery is playing out on a remote Central Queensland property in Australia after a number of cows were found dead in inexplicable circumstances.
OPINION: In Ireland, climate change is also causing issues for farmers.
OPINION: The cost of posting a letter to a rural postal address is about to go up.
OPINION: The Government's band-aid solution for ag emissions pricing - a fertiliser tax - has been rightly shelved.
The world's second largest dairy company, Nestle, says it is exploring different approaches to reduce dairy's greenhouse gas emissions.
Plastic used for Arla's cheese production is finding new life in a large-scale test with German partner Südpack.
Rising input costs are affecting Australian dairy farmers, making it more important than ever to ensure that the farm is operating efficiently and not wasting money, says Dairy Australia.
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A runny nose and fever can be caused by the flu, Covid, an allergy, or something completely different. Sometimes infected people have no symptoms.
Recently released data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 224 fewer farm sales (-48.6%) for the three months ended April 2023, compared to the same period last year.
New Waikato Federated Farmers president Keith Holmes believes farmers are being progressively starved out of existence.
A shrinking milk pool in Australia is forcing major processors, including Fonterra, to outbid each other and secure farmer suppliers for the new season.
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