Slippery slope
OPINION: It used to be that the National Fieldays attracted brickbats for being officious clipboard carriers, while the regional, farmer-run field…
A new concept designed to help manage parasite resistance to drenches in New Zealand has been launched.
A recent study by AgResearch suggested that farmers should avoid feeding milk replacers with vegetable proteins and fats to lambs in early life. However, supplier of milk replacers AgriVantage argues that there is plenty of other research around to dispute the conclusion of this study.
Wet weather and a lack of sunshine in many western areas of the country are causing problems for farmers.
Weekly farm walks have become a thing of the past for some dairy farmers in Canterbury and their pasture growth data has never been better.
OPINION: Groundswell is not against climate policy, or a pricing mechanism to manage farm emissions.
OPINION: If you had asked my grandparents what stress was, they would have given you a very different answer than you would get right now.
OPINION: Synthetic nitrogen, once hailed as a gamechanger because of its vital role in 'The Green Revolution', is now being demonized as an environmental destroyer.
OPINION: On the face of it, the recent free trade deal announced with the United Kingdom appears to be a big win for New Zealand's farming sector.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that lobby group Groundswell's 'Mother of All Protests' is still going to be held on Sunday November 21.
OPINION: This old mutt is never surprised by the outright hypocrisy of sanctimonious climate change zealots.
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OPINION: Your canine crusader was delighted to learn that the 2023 Census will be asking people about their gender, sexual identity, and whether they have any variations of sex characteristics - also known as intersex status.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons it is amazing how a couple of years sitting on Fonterra's board, earning $175K-plus a year, can quickly turn former rebels into members of the establishment.
With the critical role women play on farms around the world recently recognised by this year's International Day of Rural Women on October 15, Hawke's Bay farmer Maddy McLean reflects on how the traditional role of women in agriculture has evolved.
Richard Houston drew from his own background as a rural contractor in developing the free new HanzonJobs app.
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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…
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