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OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
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).
Grass grub and porina are causing $2.3 billion of damage to New Zealand pastures annually, according to an AgResearch study.
Alliance Group has warned that its annual result, due to be reported in November, will show a drop in profit.
Merino wool is “very much the talk of the town at the moment,” says PGG Wrightson South Island sales manager Dave Burridge.
A proposed irrigation scheme in South Canterbury has been dumped after losing Government and farmer support.
Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says farmers are backing a performance review of all co-op investments.
Waikato milk processor Tatua has topped the 2017-18 milk payout stakes.
Despite the unknowns of Brexit and the US-China trade war, New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers are pretty bullish about the future.
Regulations to strengthen the animal welfare system come into effect from today.
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A team of farmers and irrigation experts has returned from a trip to Nebraska with some fresh ideas about how to improve environmental management in New Zealand.
Farmers are urging the Government not to forget them when it comes deploying more police officers to fighting organised crime.
Waikato farmers are being thanked for helping flood-prone communities in the region.
Minister for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor wants every New Zealander to help build a biosecurity team of 4.7 million as part of the Ko Tātou This Is Us campaign.
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