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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…
Lucerne is the world’s most important forage, says Lincoln University professor of plant science Derrick Moot.
Superior weight gain makes Simmentals the breed of choice for Canterbury sheep and beef farmer Mark Copland.
Ram harnesses are a useful tool for feed allocation, and they can also help identify unmated hoggets that will then have higher lifetime performance.
Federated Farmers' meat and wool council is calling for compulsory regulation of stock agents.
OPINION: It is hard to imagine what signal Fonterra thinks it is sending to shareholders with its investment in Motif, a company investigating synthetic milk ingredients.
The latest report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton makes interesting reading for the agricultural sector and its constant critics.
New Zealand farmers are starting to struggle to find the certainty they want in their businesses in the face of sustainability issues.
MPI’s latest quarterly report on the outlook for the New Zealand primary sector says the industry’s exports performed better than had been expected during the year ending June 2019.
A large majority of 1794 submissions received by DairyNZ on the biosecurity response levy were supportive.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand will soon start consulting with its farmers on the proposed levy to pay for the beef sector’s share of the Mycoplasma bovis response.
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The 2019 East Coast Farming Expo organisers are hailing the early-March event at Wairoa a success, saying farmers spoke well of their efforts.
The Tasman fires of 2019 and 2018’s Cyclone Gita are a taste of what could be coming as our climate changes, claims a Victoria University scientist.
Three years of planning and work has come to fruition in the launch last week of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s brand promotion Taste Pure Nature.
The avocado industry is on alert to understand more about the wood-boring granulate ambrosia beetle found in Auckland, says NZ Avocados chief executive, Jen Scoular.
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