Arise Sir Paddy
OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
Cropping farmers go the polls in the next few weeks to determine the future of their levy-funded research organisation, Foundation for Arable Research.
Lambing is looming closer and if you have a young dog that isn’t showing much enthusiasm for sheep take advantage of the window of opportunity this season offers.
Industry funded studies in New Zealand have shown that mid-pregnancy shearing can increase multiple-born lamb birthweight by up to 0.7 kg and lamb survival by 3 to 5%.
The Lincoln precision agriculture company CropLogic is expanding into the North American market via its takeover of a Washington State firm.
Big changes are coming in world food supply, says Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) chairman David Birkett.
New Zealand, as we all know, is blessed with abundant water and we have it to ourselves.
Your old mate reckons multinational, tax-dodging political activist lobby group Greenpeace is proving just how nasty it can get when people disagree with its worldview.
Winston Peters, has proven again to be all hat and no trousers.
Imagine your canine crusader’s surprise to find that a so-called expert and arch-critic of agriculture brought into NZ by organics activist Brendon Hoare is considered a bad joke by genuine scientists.
Your old mate hears the Poms are in trouble again over the quality of meat going into their burgers.
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Ten meat plants have begun a six-month trial of sending chilled beef and sheep meat to China, says Meat Industry Association chief executive Tim Ritchie.
Chinese dairy consumers are increasingly turning to higher value added or premium dairy products, says Sandy Chen, Rabobank’s senior dairy and beverages analyst for Asia.
There is significant potential for New Zealand to export more fruit and vegetables, says a visiting US fruit and vegetable expert.
Meat processor Alliance is investing $3.4 million in new processing technology as part of a wider programme to improve health and safety.
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