New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
Deer farmers wanting fewer late-fawning hinds can now buy sires and hinds with breeding values (BVs) for earlier fawning.
Dunsandel farmer Michael Woodward may be Federated Farmers North Canterbury dairy chairman but his real passion is the angora goats he inherited from his father John.
Federated Farmers has a new board member as a result of elections held during last week’s national conference in Wellington.
OPINION: Farmer subsidies don't help environmental issues.
OPINION: The Winter Solstice has passed, the nights are drawing out and National Fieldays has been and gone – hooray to all three.
Half a trillion dollars a year: that’s US$620billion or €556b annually.
A quality environmental plan will soon be a prerequisite to buying or selling a farm, says ANZ Bank’s head of commercial and agri.
New Zealand's organic exports are now worth $335 million – up 42% on three years ago.
A 50% increase in trade, higher wages for New Zealanders and cuts in tariffs to benefit our producers.
Global milk supply is stalling and that could mean more money in the pockets of New Zealand dairy farmers.
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“I can absolutely see this going global,” says consultant executive chef Geoff Scott, of the deer milk now being pioneered in NZ.
If the world is ready for deer milk, New Zealand is ready to supply it.
National Party leader Simon Bridges says the biggest challenges farmers face are the environment and their right to farm.
Mike Petersen says the potential US-China trade war poses long term threats for NZ products.
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