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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
Farmers are backing moves by the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to cull animals on farms affected by the disease Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis).
Lower replacement rates and higher body weight/lower stocking rates are the two most effective of five available ways of cutting dairy greenhouse gas emissions, a scientist has told a workshop for rural professionals.
Sheep and beef farmers will not be paying extra levies for the year starting October 1.
A wasp is coming to the rescue of vegetable growers facing the threat of the Tomato Potato Psyllid (TPP) pest.
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is to establish a ‘Future Farm’ to trial new technologies and farm systems.
Bad nutrition in working dogs could be jeopardising farmers’ profits, says the head of a New Zealand company that recently launched a new food for working dogs.
Kirwee-based business Colin Payne Contracting focuses on direct drilling and bale wrapping.
British vets says they are gravely concerned about the rise in animals killed without stunning.
With the European grain harvest just ending, combine harvester manufacturers are whipping up a frenzy for their 2018 models.
Family-owned harvesting specialist Krone has pulled the wraps off a new offering in its Big X self-propelled range.
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Taranaki farmers Peter and Nicola Carver are back on their farm after a recent trip to Wellington as the national ambassadors for sustainable farming.
Entering the Ballance Farm Environment Awards was a great learning and development experience, say Keitai farmers Gay Pembroke and Mark Corby.
A course designed to lift farm profitability by helping farming women become more active partners in their farming businesses is achieving outstanding results, according to new research.
Synthetic food is being talked about rather more than it is being eaten.
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