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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…
OPINION: The Hound shed a tear (crocodile) on hearing about the looming redundancy of perennial anti-farming critic 'Dr' Mike Joy.
OPINION: Following Beef + Lamb NZ's rather testy annual meeting - and the ousting of former chair Andrew Morrison - the organisation decided to go on a charm offensive in an effort to get farmers back onside.
OPINION: Your old mate reckons with the looming failure of He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) it's not only the Government that should take the fall.
Westpac has launched a new sustainable loan for farming.
Much like New Zealand contractors who need nothern hemisphere operators to help with the grass, maize and cereal harvests, the United Kingdom is in need of those with prowess on the handpiece to help take the fleeces off that country's 15 million sheep.
Thirteen New Zealand tertiary students have travelled across the country for Hauora Taiwhenua's (Rural Health Network) first rural school visits programme of 2023.
Kohunui Station owners Todd and Donna Oliver are putting up an original painting of an Angus bull for auction at their 2023 bull sale.
Parts of Wairarapa are still recovering from a year of wet weather and storms - including Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle.
Grace Rehu, 21 - a leading hand for Turners and Growers in Puketapu, Hawke's Bay - is the winner of the 2023 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Grower competition.
Fonterra is paying Australian farmers $1.50/ kgMS more than its New Zealand suppliers, but the co-operative’s farmer shareholders aren’t fazed.
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The Government has agreed to a temporary law change that will enable rural Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti landowners dealing with cyclone and flood debris to burn mixed waste so they can replant and return their land to productivity.
The need for world-class biosecurity remains the highest priority for agriculture industry leaders.
Cash-strapped farmers are getting relief through a major drop in the price of key farm input - fertiliser.
Some good news - albeit temporary for primary exports.
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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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