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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…
Farmer Jane Smith claims that farmers find comments from David Parker, Damien O’Connor and the Green Party’s James Shaw nauseating.
Award-winning, environmentally-focused farmer Jane Smith wonders whether she’s farming in North Otago or North Korea.
Sheep milk company Maui Milk is looking for new farmer suppliers as demand soars.
Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt says she has unfinished business on the co-operative’s board.
An ‘11th-hour’ relaxation of border restrictions by the Government has been welcomed by the agri sector, but the wider industry is calling for more exemptions.
Small Waikato milk processor Tatua has done it again.
Trade experts are warning that time is running out to secure the future of New Zealand red meat exports to the European Union.
The National Party says it will establish a $600 million fund to develop a long term plan for water storage if elected.
Sheep and beef farmer confidence dropped to the lowest recorded level since August 2017, according to a survey by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Drought has contributed to New Zealand’s sheep flock falling over the past year.
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Farmers are being warned to check their fuel tanks following a fuel tanker driver being seriously injured on a farm.
Nationwide on-farm recycler Plasback has more than doubled the volume of waste plastic it collected this year.
St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton has come up trumps again at the recent Fieldays Online Innovation Awards.
OPINION: This old mutt hears that there is some discontent in the wool sector at the tactics being used by the meat industry to rejuvenate wool’s prospects.
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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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