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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
OPINION: National Fieldays next week will be an opportunity to see what a career in agriculture has to offer.
Federated Farmers is backing a recommendation that crush protection device (CPD) be installed on quad bikes used for work.
The Hound's ever growing list of ‘Landcorp fails’ keeps getting longer.
This old mutt was a little surprised to hear Winston Peters and Shane Jones both putting the boot into farmers recently over the legitimate concerns the sector has raised about the proposed methane reduction targets set by the Government in its climate change legislation.
Monty Python's ‘Ministry of Silly Walks’ sketch sprang to the Hound’s mind as he pondered New Zealand’s most unnecessary government department – you will likely never have heard of it – the Walking Access Commission.
Like a small scale model of the challenges New Zealand agriculture faces being so far from its main markets, farmers on the Chatham Islands are far enough from the mainland to make shipping inputs in and livestock out a marginal exercise.
Ireland, often a source of skilled farm machinery operators for rural contractors in New Zealand, is facing even worse driver shortages than NZ.
Synlait chief executive Leon Clement still hopes to open the company’s new Pokeno milk powder plant on time.
Farmers are backing Fonterra’s review of assets and overseas joint ventures as it grapples with strengthening its balance sheet.
First Light Foods, a major exporter of venison, applauds deer farmers’ product quality, says Toni Frost, who runs the company’s venison operation.
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While productivity on farm in the deer industry has improved, a question mark still hangs over the sector’s ability to get up to speed on sustainability and to connect better with policymakers.
FMG insurance cover on 30,000 tractors in New Zealand positions it uniquely to understand its customers daily problems.
John Deere will use Fieldays to show the latest 5R series tractors — four units in the all-important 90-125hp sector.
Holden New Zealand has revealed its own home-grown concept to go on display at Fieldays – the Colorado ROX.
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