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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 multi-national environmental activist group Greenpeace is again targeting the New Zealand farming sector, this time calling for a ban on the use of nitrogen fertilisers.
Beef + Lamb NZ’s chief executive has made a stinging attack on Britain and the European Union over their plans to introduce inflexible quotas for sheepmeat to the two entities when Brexit occurs.
John Deere is updating its lineup of 110 to 250hp 6R series cabbed tractors for 2019.
Getting mains power to remote stock troughs can run to $80,000 a kilometre, says solar power specialist Alastair Frizzell, of Frizzell Agricultural Electronics, of Kirwee, Canterbury.
Bayer has improved its antibiotic resistance test in dairy cows, adding four new antibiotic families.
Veterinarians and farmers working together to improve stock performance must emphasise two aspects of hogget growth, say the authors of a guidebook published by Massey University Press.
An innovative approach to monitoring dairy farm effluent runoff is reaping rewards for farmers and the environment.
Biosecurity New Zealand announced the winners of the 2018 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards last night.
Massey University's sheep and beef research farm is to begin nutrient leaching research using underground water and nutrient collection.
Farmers between Auckland and Taupo can now take the plunge into sheep milk, says Maui Milk general manager Peter Gatley.
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Minister of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Damien O’Connor explains what's been done this year in government.
OPINION: It’s time for all hands to the pump because improvement in rural landscapes and municipal areas is worth chasing together.
It was once jokingly said that the next most-important job after the All Blacks coach is the head of the Ministry for Primary Industries.
The Hound reckons former agriculture minister and speaker of the House David Carter is heeding calls for him to get out of the political game.
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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