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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…
Te Pari Products, well known here and offshore, has since its founding in 1980 by Pete French, been in animal handling gear.
The discovery of Mycoplasma bovis on a sheep and beef property near Motueka was entirely predictable, said Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.
Farming practices now piloted by Mid Canterbury dairy farmers Grant and Jan Early could show other New Zealand farmers how they can successfully reduce their environmental impacts.
It is time for New Zealand cereal growers to adopt multi-site fungicides (MSF) to combat growing resistance to the more traditional chemistries, says Adama UK fungicide expert Andy Bailey.
A South Canterbury irrigation scheme left high-and-dry by changes in Government policy is being revived with the backing of Waimate rich-lister Gary Rooney.
The High Court has ordered a five-day relief to nurseries and orchardists who face losing tens of thousands of apple and stonefruit plants imported from the US.
It is an exciting time to be talking sheep milking, says Thomas MacDonald, business manager for Spring Sheep Dairy, in Taupo.
It is a great pity that some people have embraced – with little question – the concept that farmers can make a ‘reduction in stocking rate and still make the same money, while leaching less nitrogen’.
This time last month, not many people were aware that a new era was dawning on the world’s largest dairy exporter, Fonterra.
Speaking of Fonterra, your old mate hears that dairy farmers are struggling to take seriously the role of the co-op’s shareholders’ council.
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Your old mate understands the Government has set up another committee on top of the 120-plus it has already established – this time for small business.
This photo was taken at a recent conference at Te Papa, in Wellington, attended by a mate of the Hound.
Your old mate always thought the ‘mouth of the north’ and self-proclaimed ‘provincial champion’, Shane Jones, was always full of the proverbial.
Most farmers are now flat-out calving and lambing and are looking forward to another season of forecast good returns.
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