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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
According to Federated Farmers’ latest Banking Survey, farmers are feeling excessive and undue pressure from their banks.
Biosecurity New Zealand says its frontline teams are ready for the anticipated influx of summer travellers with changes to arrivals processing at airports and the introduction of new hosts to help people.
Claas has marked the 20th anniversary of entering the global tractor market with the production of its 200,000th tractor at its French Le Mans facility.
Dear Santa, with just a week to go to Christmas Day, I’d thought I’d drop you a note.
While many industry watchers have been singing the praises of the latest and greatest innovations at the recent Agritechnica Event, held recently in Germany, agricultural journalists have been deliberating the winners of the Farm Machine of the Year 2024.
The farm machinery business has been extremely buoyant following the original onset of Covid-19 in mid- 2020.
Don't get caught with worms you can’t kill.
Over the last three years, 4500 native plants have been planted along a 2.5 kilometre stretch of the Burgess Stream.
OPINION: Well another year is rapidly ending and 2023 will shortly be consigned to the history files. Where has it all gone?
OPINION: Towns and cities downstream of large forestry blocks are at high risk of infrastructure damage – costing billions – when major flooding occurs.
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OPINION: As pointed out in our review of the year, 2023 has been one of extremes in almost every way – from weather to costs.
OPINION: A colleague of this old mutt’s was less than impressed by the antics of a regenerative dairy farming couple’s attempts to manipulate the coverage of their farming operation.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that researchers at AgResearch are not taking the proverbial with their latest scientific revelation.
OPINION: The Hound reckons that Rob “I’ll be chair, I don’t care where”’ Hewett will be looking forward to the Christmas break more than most – despite being named chair of the year at a recent business awards ceremony.
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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