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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
Wool exporters say China has been back in the market in recent weeks.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) chairman James Parsons will step down in March next year.
New Zealand recorded its lowest lamb prevalence level of sheep measles in ten years, says the project manager for Ovis Management Ltd, Dan Lynch.
The start of the harvest season brings thoughts such as ‘there aren’t enough hours in the day’ and for farmers and contractors alike the dream of more engine power.
Friendly rivalry between groups of young farmers – with as much eye on witty animal names and snappy dressing as the quality of the livestock – has transformed the pig section of the Canterbury A&P Show.
Canterbury dairy farmer John Tanner has been working hard to improve sustainability on his Leeston farm, Dunlac Dairies Ltd, reports CRV Ambreed.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) wishes to set the record straight regarding the article titled ‘Imported semen fingered for M.bovis outbreak’ in Rural News October 24.
Farmers keen to play a key part in the new Northland Extension 350 programme should raise their hands now.
Fuels and chemicals are widely used on farms to help improve productivity, but there can be a cost to the health of you and your workers.
The role of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in New Zealand is to keep the environment and people safe, whilst enhancing lifestyle – which means considering the economy as well.
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The Hound's editor was contacted by a Hawkes Bay sheep farmer about an item in the Oct 24 column on American singer Pink’s illogical and ignorant anti-wool stance.
This old mutt hears that his good mate and former chairman of failed meat industry ginger group, MIE, John McCarthy was used by Winston Peters as his ‘agriculture advisor’ during the Dutch auction held between Labour and National last month.
Your canine crusader reckons it is only fair to give the new government a chance.
The Hound sees that former Feds spin doctor and Winston Peters’ chief of staff for the past six years, David Broome, no longer has a job.
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