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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
It’s set to become the apple of eyes all over the world - a new apple variety launched on Tuesday by Fruitcraft, after being licensed the worldwide rights by Prevar Ltd.
Helping farm owners, managers, contract milkers and sharemilkers feel in control of their finances is the aim of the game for the next round of Dairy Women’s Network dairy modules in early 2017.
News last month that hill country greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are lower than previously estimated is ‘interesting’.
Your canine crusader is looking high and low for the doom merchants in the political and economic commentariat who earlier this year were talking up doom-and-gloom in the dairy sector and the end of the country’s earnings from dairy.
This old mutt has little time for career politician and serial taxpayer beneficiary Winston Peters who, despite sitting in Parliament since the 1970s, has achieved bugger-all except fatten his wallet and backside.
The Hound understands that despite the Green Party’s staunch policy of carping constantly about dairy farms polluting waterways, etc, it is not above accepting donations from such polluters.
Your old mate notes that a bunch of Pommy vegans and vegetarians are ‘outraged’ that Britain’s new £5 notes contain tallow, a substance made from animal fat and often used in soap and candles.
Why are people so easily outraged and offended these days?
Nearly 50 years ago, an Irish farmer’s frustration at waiting six months for a new dairy shed led to his starting a company to build them.
Confidence levels among New Zealand’s farmers remain high but have tempered slightly, the latest quarterly Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey has found.
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AgResearch scientists are doing some ground-breaking work into the emotions of livestock.
Federated Farmers says helping its members save money and easily and securely trade stock online is behind its decision to sign a partnership with StockX.
The NZ National Fieldays Society has a new president.
The New Zealand Farm Environment Trust’s new General Manager James Ryan is looking forward to the challenges the new job will bring.
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