Two-legged pests
OPINION: Federated Farmers has launched a new campaign, swapping ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ for ‘The Twelve Pests of Christmas’ to…
Feeding pregnant ewes a more diverse diet will benefit the lambing process, according to recent research carried out by Lincoln University.
High quality feed, reduced stocking rates and shelter will all help enhance triplet lamb survival and ultimately benefit the bottom line.
Large crowds of people attended two field days to showcase farms that are finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition to find the country’s top Māori sheep and beef farms. Peter Burke reports…
OPINION: University of Otago research describing the water quality of South Westland rivers as pristine, despite 160 years of river flats farming, is no surprise to Federated Farmers.
OPINION: Plant-based beverages are expensive and provide only a small fraction of the nutritional goodness of cow’s milk.
OPINION: Trying to come up with an agreeable definition for success would indeed be a challenge and lead to some interesting conversations.
OPINION: The agriculture sector is continuing to find the rocky road to a solution to ag emissions may be paved with good intentions, but the outcome is a mess.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly reckons that ACT agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron may be overdoing his 'I'm a farmer' schtick a little bit too much.
OPINION: This old mutt wonders about the quality of directors currently serving on the board of Beef+Lamb NZ.
OPINION: State farmer Pāmu - one of the wokest, PC government-owned entities around - has announced the appointment of a 'chief sustainability and risk officer'.
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OPINION: The Hound doesn't have the highest regard for multi-national, fundraising conglomerate Greenpeace.
Dairy
Commodity prices continued their downhill slide over August 2022.
Hill country farmers cannot ignore the goat meat market opportunities such as in North America, according to goat farming expert Garrick Batten. He outlines why in the third of his three part series on the topic.
State farmer Landcorp (Pāmu) has returned a solid profit for the year ended June 2022, but says rising costs, weather and Covid disruptions are putting pressure on its bottom line.
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Slippery slope
OPINION: It used to be that the National Fieldays attracted brickbats for being officious clipboard carriers, while the regional, farmer-run field…
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