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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…
The biggest issue facing organisers of next month’s Northland Field Days is water, says vice president Basil Cole.
There is no “one-size fits all” approach when it comes to effective prevention and treatment of flystrike.
Public attitudes on environmental issues are driving policy, according to the director of the Farmed Landscapes Research Centre (FLRC) at Massey University.
Scientists are calling on farmers to help in the quest for the biological control of the noxious weed, nassella tussock.
Well-known South Canterbury farmer, businessman and philanthropist Alan Annett passed away in January.
New Zealand farmers stand out for their willingness to innovate, says the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef executive director, Ruaraidh Petre.
This old mutt notes that it took the Cuddler-in Chief, PM Jacinda Ardern, a very long time to pay a visit to the flood damaged Southland.
Your canine crusader understands the vast majority of those in the acting profession (basically out-of-work waiters and waitresses) are show ponies who tend to err on the side of trendy, lefty, woke politics.
A mate of the Hound reckons despite more farmers growing it and more hectares of hemp in crop these days, it has not stopped the bureaucrats from creating stupid and costly regulations.
Your old mate was delighted to read how a cockerel became an unlikely hero for rural France, winning the right to continue his early morning crowing.
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A Waikato farmer who admitted to breaking the tails of more than 300 cows has been sentenced to community work and banned from owning cows.
Well-known Southland farmer and agribusinessman Keith Neylon has just penned a no-holds barred biography.
National Party leader Simon Bridges explains his party's view on farming and where the Coalition Government is failing.
OPINION: Overseer is proving to be a major worry.
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