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Electric telehandler for agriculture

Manitou’s all-electric telehandler should prove useful for those operating in enclosed environments where emission fumes might be a problem.

French handling specialists Manitou has developed its first all-electric telehandler concept aimed at the agricultural market.

Avoiding pneumonia at a high-risk time

Some simple management ideas can reduce the risk of production limiting diseases like pneumonia and pleurisy in lambs.

Weaning, drafting, drenching and shearing create the perfect environment for pneumonia and pleurisy in lambs.

Keeping flystrike at bay

Controlling the risk of flystrike could include actions such as shearing, crutching, dipping and/or moving sheep to higher ground with cooler temperatures and higher wind speed.

Warm summer weather heightens the risk of flystrike.

Adapting and evolving

Sheep production systems in New Zealand have adapted and evolved over the past 30 years to match the drivers of on-farm income.

LIC semen probe results to be made public

The result of two probes into the supply of bad sire semen to over 1100 LIC farmer customers will be made public next month.

Low methane sheep already a winner!

AgResearch claims that low methane sheep provide farmers with a practical tool to help them lower emissions from their flocks.

A research project breeding sheep which emit less methane, with the potential to reduce methane emissions if these sheep can be farmed throughout New Zealand, has picked up a prestigious award.

Region's challenges shine a light on learning

Highly regarded trainer and triallist Guy Peacock will be showcasing working dog demonstrations over both days of the Expo.

There's a serious message behind two new East Coast Farming Expo initiatives.

We're all in it together!

FOA chief executive Elizabeth Heeg says hill country farmers and foresters have common concerns about regulations and climate change.

OPINION: Hill Country farmers and foresters have common concerns about regulations and climate change.

Get back to saving whales!

Federated Farmers national president Wayne Langford accuses Greenpeace of being an anti-farming lobby group who want to see the end of productive agriculture in New Zealand.

OPINION: Greenpeace Aotearoa are nothing but an anti-farming lobby group who want to see the end of productive agriculture as we know it in New Zealand.

Editorial: Time for action!

If last year’s devastating Cyclone Gabrielle taught us anything, it is the importance and the vulnerability of transport infrastructure in regional NZ. Photo Credit: NZTA

OPINION: As the New Year kicks off, there is no doubt the new Government has a lot on its agenda.

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OPINION: This old mutt hopes the demise of the Labour government at last year’s election will see a return of more agriculture and rural related people recognised for honours in the New Year and King’s Birthday lists.

Truth vs. fantasy!

OPINION: Speaking of correcting misrepresentations, the canine crusader would like to pay homage to ODT agriculture editor Sally Rae for an excellent article in December that put to rights much of the unmitigated spin and bulldust about Lake Hawea Station in Central Otago.