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OPINION: The release of the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill to replace the Resource Management Act is a red-letter day…
State farmer Pamu has set up an independent sustainability panel to bolster its commitment to sustainable farming
A stock truck driver has been fined $3600 for mishandling goats while transporting them to a meat processing plant.
The new JCB TM 420S telescopic wheeled loader boasts the most powerful engine in the category, an eight-speed powershift transmission with torque converter lock-up in all forward and reverse gears.
Over the next several weeks, farmers will be weaning their lambs and probably drenching.
The costs associated with shearing is leading to an increasing number of farmers looking at ways to reduce these costs and one is the self-shedding Wiltshire sheep breed.
Gisborne farming couple Matt and Megan Humphreys have helped shape the development of a farmer wellbeing assessment tool.
When Craig Wiggins stepped into the health and wellbeing space, little did he know that a few short years later he would be travelling the length and breadth of the country and saving lives.
OPINION: This has been a bloody tough year for farmers.
OPINION: Since the end of World War II, New Zealand has had nine recessions.
OPINION: Of all the submissions that Rural News has seen from the primary sector on the Government’s response to agricultural emissions proposal, none is so profound and damaging to Labour than that of the Māori Trustee and chief executive of Te Tumu Paeroa, Charlotte Severne.
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OPINION: The Hound notes that nominations are now open for two Beef+Lamb NZ director roles (eastern North Island and southern South Island).
OPINION: Your old mate understands that MfE boffins have been beavering away for years dreaming up a scheme where all farmers and growers will have to do a Freshwater Farm Plan.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons that 'socialist strategies' are alive and well within the ag industry.
OPINION: This old mutt hears that international meal delivery giant HelloFresh has been accused of using coconut milk obtained using 'forced monkey labour' in Thailand.
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OPINION: Federated Farmers has launched a new campaign, swapping ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ for ‘The Twelve Pests of Christmas’ to…
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