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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…
An independent review of Fish & Game will provide an “organisational health check”, according to the Government.
Two meat processors have joined forces to take over the tannery operations of Wallace Group.
In the past few weeks, rain has fallen in many parts of the country with grass starting to grow again.
Southern-based rural contractors have lent machinery and support to three training initiatives aimed at attracting those who’ve lost jobs to work in the farming and contracting sector.
Animal welfare is a central focus of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new winter grazing campaign.
This old mutt mentioned a couple of issues back about the appointment of a new head of the M. bovis programme – former ex-fisheries manager Stuart Anderson.
This old mutt wonders why regenerative agriculture advocates seem to be good at promotion and hype, but not so good at providing good, scientific research to back their claims.
Your old mate notes that the failing NZ Herald (owned by dying media company NZME) was quick to put the boot into various meat companies for claiming the wage subsidy in a recent article.
A small, Auckland research firm is developing a more sensitive test for Mycoplasma bovis.
Assessing the trace element status of a flock should be part of your animal health programme.
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In a normal season, maize stubble wouldn’t be required as a feed on dairy farms.
Northland farmers are starting to count the cost of one of the most severe droughts to hit the region as the cost of feed and lower prices for stock are the order of the day.
While the deer industry faces several challenges in the short term, there will be a strong rebound in New Zealand venison sales once global demand recovers.
Brian Easton says his new book could not ignore farming’s contribution to the history of NZ.
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