Slippery slope
OPINION: It used to be that the National Fieldays attracted brickbats for being officious clipboard carriers, while the regional, farmer-run field…
Next month's Northland Field Days will be a “whole different ballgame” thanks to Covid-19, says organising committee president John Phillips.
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New Northland Field Days president John Phillips is urging people to come and support the three-day event next month.
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Southland based Herbert’s Transport is a rural transport company that operates a mixed fleet of around 50 vehicles – including livestock, bulk trucks, spreaders, whey trucks and trailers.
Claas's Axion 960 CEMOS tractor has been recognised as the most sustainable tractor in the prestigious Tractor of the Year awards.
Hawke's Bay dairy farmer Rose Galloway rejects any suggestion that mastitis in cows isn't contagious. A trained nurse, Galloway and her family milk 550 cows near Norsewood and says mastitis is caused by pathogens entering the cow's udder through the teat canal and can pass onto other cows. She explains:
Facial eczema (FE) spore counts in some parts of the country are particularly high for this time of year and Beef + Lamb New Zealand is urging farmers to be extra vigilant.
A seemingly never-ending plunge in strong wool prices is proving to be a boon for a sheep breed that doesn’t produce the increasingly worthless fibre – the Wiltshire.
A lifestyle farmer has been fined $17,500 for the reckless ill-treatment of his sheep, failing to provide them with proper feed, and not treating them for parasites.
The Government says it is delivering on its promise to reform the resource management system based on the review carried out last year.
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Massey University's sheep team is examining the economic impact and the production consequences of crossbreeding with Wiltshires to a fully shedding flock.
OPINION: Dear Ministers Nash and Shaw,
OPINION: Soil organic matter was a hot topic for environmentalists, ecologists and primary producers in 2020.
Your old mate reckons that the chances of the strong wool sector being revived by the latest iteration of so-called sector saviour group SWAG is about as likely as Donald Trump being remembered as the greatest US president ever.
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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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