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OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
DON’T LET ample pasture now lull you into a false sense of security with winter just round the corner, says farm management systems firm Farmax.
MARSH CONTRACTING at Pongakawa, south of Te Puke, has a variety of machines and tractors for their extensive business but when it comes to rolling and compacting silage stacks – maize or grass – a Valtra is their choice.
THE ATTRACTION of higher-tech baling prompted B&B Contracting (2006) Ltd's October 2011 purchase of a Lely Welger Tornado baler-wrapper, the supplier reports.
EXTENDING ITS range of precision drills, Kuhn has released its latest Maxima 2 TRX model, capable of working to 12m wide and working 16 or 18 rows with spacings 700-800mm.
Having had a few problems on the way, the Waikato Ploughing Association had a fantastic two days hosting the finals of the New Zealand Ploughing Association’s 2012 New Zealand finals.
EMMA GILMOUR has her sights set on taking the lead in the 2012 New Zealand Rally Championship when the series visits the Wairarapa this weekend for the second of five rounds.
JAGUAR’S XF sports sedan has been judged the most secure vehicle in the large car category by Australia’s expert body on vehicle crime, the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVTRC).
ALL THE stars lined up for Paul Houghton when he won the Mainland Minerals Vintage section of the New Zealand Ploughing Championship on April 14-15 at Cambridge
With 'cow pooling' in the spotlight following TV One's Sunday programme, Federated Farmers Rural Butchers believes it has a role to play in reconnecting the public to their food.
The recent coverage of 'cow pooling' has raised the profile of home killed meat as a viable method for consumers to attain cheaper meat.
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Targeted types such as some first lambs fleece and oddments resisted a generally weaker market last week, says New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson.
After 22 district finals and seven regional finals featuring New Zealand's best young farming talent, The National Bank Young Farmer Contest is down to the last seven contestants. They'll battle it out in Dunedin from May 23 – May 26, 2012 to see who will take the title.
DairyNZ has been granted major funding from the Waikato River Authority's first funding round to undertake a major environmental farm management and monitoring project in the Karapiro area.
The Fonterra Shareholders Council supports the co-op board's decision to hold another vote on TAF.
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OPINION: To a chorus of crying greenies, and not a minute too soon, the Government has moved to put the…
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