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Gaul fly gives thistles the prick

The Gaul Fly parasite was imported into New Zealand about 20 years ago to help control the spread of Scotch thistle.

The Gaul Fly parasite was imported into New Zealand about 20 years ago by our Wellsford/ Warkworth Beef and Lamb farm monitor group.

Value in protecting CSAs

The ‘Understanding the impacts of sheep winter grazing’ project looked at grazing practices and the impact these had on contaminant losses.

The value of protecting critical source areas in intensively grazed winter forage crops has been highlighted in a sheep winter grazing trial carried out on an Otago farm.

Farmer takes a deeper dive into his operation via IFP

Integrated Farm Plan (IFP) lead consultant Paul Reese discusses IFP outcomes with Swannanoa farmer Andrew Gilchrist.

North Canterbury farmer Andrew Gilchrist has delved deep into the business and people side of his family-operated farm by completing an Integrated Farm Plan (IFP).

A true test of character

OPINION: The Great Wall Of China is said to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

Farmers are being hit hard!

Todd McClay says a National-led government will cut regulation and back farmers.

OPINION: Fonterra's recent announcement that the milk price will drop to $7/kg – on top of falling lamb and beef schedules – is devastating news for farmers.

OPINION: The country is in the midst of a frantic rush as politicians of all creeds, shapes and sizes emerge from the woodwork to ply the gullible public with a range of seemingly attractive but basically undeliverable promises.

Fat chance!

OPINION: This old mutt is dumbfounded by the ill-informed claims made by some media commentators that wannabe ACT PM and former Fed Farmers boss Andrew Hoggard will be the Minister of Agriculture in a possible National/ACT coalition government, should they get across the line on October 14.

Unhealthy!

OPINION: A mate of your canine crusader reckons all those proponents of a vegan diet and claims of its ‘healthy’ impacts should take a lesson of the recent demise of a social media influencer.

Don't forget!

OPINION: Yours truly sees that the political phoenix that is Winston Peters is again trying to make a return to parliament.

Unlucky country!

OPINION: The Hound reckons our government and its wokester surrogates' current obsession with re-hashing past Māori grievances and implementing things like co-governance is doing more harm to race relations in the country than the opposite.