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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…
The Brandt Group of Companies has announced they have acquired the assets of Wairarapa Machinery Services.
Following a couple of bumper sales years when the rolling year-to-date figure for 2022 hit about 16,250 tractors, it looks like things are changing in the Australian farm machinery landscape.
Back in 1990, Malcolm Gray was an importer and distributor of conventional motorcycle helmets.
Väderstad, the tillage, drilling and planting manufacturer, has added the CrossCutter Disc Aggressive to extend the range of products the company offers for ultra-shallow tillage.
Southern Queensland farmers Jake and Felicity Hamilton say investing in a John Deere 616R self-propelled sprayer equipped with See & Spray Select has been ‘hugely beneficial’ to their dryland cropping business.
Cold snaps can be challenging for newborn lambs, but an injection of dextrose can be a lifesaver for cold or weak lambs.
Farmers are being asked to get their crap – the ovine variety – together and participate in a facial eczema (FE) research project.
There are a multitude of ways for farmers to reduce nutrient and sediment loss to waterways, but explaining this is a challenge.
OPINION: The Government might not control the Chinese economy and global milk prices, but it can control the regulations and red tape it is imposing on farmers.
OPINION: Hopefully agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has metaphorically penned his own resignation letter with the release of his government’s agricultural emissions policy.
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OPINION: Your canine crusader has some sage advice for once-a-month, super shopper Sam – aka Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell.
OPINION: This old mutt had to laugh at a recent summary of the fake meat sector by international food expert Joanna Blythman: “No wonder people are turning their noses up at fake meat... it’s not healthy, it won’t save the planet, and it tastes like burnt dog food”.
OPINION: Sour taste Your old mate suggests the country’s struggling kiwifruit growers will find the latest pay increases to executives at Zespri very hard to swallow.
OPINION: The Hound reckons any claims that Ag Minister Damien O’Connor is in the ‘wrong party’, will have been well and truly dispelled by comments he made at the recent Red Meat Sector Conference.
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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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