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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 Hound had to laugh on hearing that the sanctimonious, whining vegan cafe owner who refused to serve cow milk to customers has now closed his shop and will walk the length of New Zealand barefoot in protest.
A mate of the Hound who recently travelled to Ireland found that country’s airport biosecurity rather lax.
Farm sales remain consistent, but are well below the levels seen in 2016, says the Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ).
The Irish sure know how to throw a good party, as experienced last month at the National Ploughing Association event at Screggan, County Offaly, Ireland.
The Government is launching a programme to boost graduate vet numbers in the regions.
The Republic of Ireland’s first resident ambassador to New Zealand says many opportunities exist for collaboration by the two countries.
Publicity on a labour shortage in the kiwifruit industry last season had an interesting side effect: it attracted people to come and work in the industry, says New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers (NZKGI) chief executive Nikki Johnson.
A love of working outdoors has led Dunedin-raised Annabel Bulk to a blossoming career in viticulture.
Plans are underway for a standalone bachelor of horticultural science degree course at Massey University.
Affected growers claim that the release of 20,000 apple and 400 stonefruit plants from containment vindicates the position they have taken since the start of the issue.
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With Pāmu (formerly Landcorp) now having branded products in the market it is very important from a providence perspective to be able trace everything back onto farm.
Farmers selling cattle have a duty to disclose if the animals have been under Mycoplasma bovis testing, says Dairy Holdings chief executive Colin Glass.
Six inspirational young people from around New Zealand have been named as the Silver Fern Farms Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships recipients for 2018.
A seminar in Hamilton later this month hopes to rebuild and strengthen the New Zealand cattle industry in the wake of Mycoplasma Bovis (M. bovis).
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