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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
Sales of tractors and farm machinery hit a new record in 2018 and there are no signs of a slow down.
Australia has launched its Australian Lamb summer campaign and the target is New Zealand.
Farmers are well-placed to survive any potential financial uncertainty from major setbacks such as global warming, a new Lincoln University research has found.
Ten sheep breeders have formed WormFEC Gold to show farmers that breeding for parasite-resistant genetics will strengthen flocks and save time and money onfarm.
A field trial using frozen sexed semen didn’t produce the desired results, says LIC.
Tired of blanket irrigation's issues, two Massey University engineering graduates decided to create a solution.
Farmers, don't give the rule-makers a reason to regulate, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s environment team.
How are Canterbury farmers doing their bit to help the environment? Environment Canterbury chairman Steve Lowndes explains.
OPINION: It's time all honeys are given the same respect that we are trying to give to manuka.
OPINION: The agricultural sector plays a critical role in New Zealand's economic health and the lives of everyday Kiwis.
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Rural confidence has fallen for the third consecutive quarter.
Meanwhile, at the same time as the political activists at Bitch & Complain were publicising their dodgy survey results, the fishing lobby was completely missing in action where it really counted.
Sadly it looks like 2019 is going to be no different from last year regarding the anti-farming stance taken by fishing lobby Fish & Game – rightly dubbed Bitch & Complain by your canine crusader.
The Hound, like most rational people in NZ’s primary and export sectors, was delighted to see the much maligned and denigrated trade agreement of the past few years – the CPTPP, formerly known as the TPP – come into force this month.
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Ivory bloody towers
OPINION: The antipathy the previous government had for farmers no longer holds court on the Beehive’s 9th floor, but it’s…
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