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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…
Lincoln University-owned research and development company Lincoln Agritech says dairy farmers might improve their environmental footprints and profit through two research projects now underway.
A New Zealand expert in leptospirosis says the disease appears to be becoming more ‘tropical’ in the way it is occurring in NZ.
Making waterway planting compulsory on farms nationwide would be totally impractical, says North Canterbury native plant nurseryman and environmental consultant Jamie McFadden.
With the surprise resignation of John Wilson, the Fonterra board has promoted long-time director John Monaghan as its new chair.
The Hound notes the contribution of former Fonterra chair ‘Little’ Johnny Wilson, who has stood down from the role due to ongoing health issues (How much of a dick does ‘Mouth of the North’ Shane ‘Porn-free’ Jones now feel about his cheap, nasty attack on Wilson at Fieldays?).
Your old mate reckons Trade Minister David Parker and his trade minions now trying to negotiate a free trade deal with the EU only need to look at the recent Tour de France to see how tough it is going to be in getting any FTA across the line.
A mate of the Hound’s – a good, salt-of-the-earth, southern bloke – tells this old mutt that he is less than impressed with claims made by the directors of rural insurance company FMG who are wanting an increase in director fees at the upcoming annual meeting.
A New Zealand-developed genetically modified ryegrass has reached an important milestone, entering a full growing trial in the US.
South Canterbury deer farmer Joshua Brook has won a prestigious trans-Tasman award for 2018.
Compliance is growing more intense and complicated, worrying hill-country sheep and beef farmers in the central North Island.
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ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny is predicting another cut to the payout — this time the 2018-19 forecast payout.
Fonterra farmers are putting their co-op on notice over the decision to reduce milk price and not to pay any more dividend this year.
Farmers should seize the opportunity to join a Red Meat Profit Partnership action group if they want to improve their profitability.
The sound heard emanating from the provinces this past month is a collective sigh of relief for what promises to be a new era in farm debt mediation; and it almost didn’t happen.
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