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A FARMING couple recognised for their sustainability practices will be keynote speakers at the 2018 East Coast Farming Expo on April 11 and 12.
Droughts in two South Island districts have now been declared medium-scale adverse events.
Bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been confirmed on a farm in Ashburton.
Farmers will remember Jim Anderton as a pragmatist who got things done, Federated Farmers President Katie Milne says.
Fonterra says this season’s milk production will be down 4% compared to last season.
It last happened 60 years ago: the Deep South hosted the final of the NZ Ploughing champs in 1958.
This is a busy time of year on the Mount Beautiful Vineyard, at Spotswood, North Canterbury.
The current meat industry model is “cannibalistic,” says Mike Barton, of Glen Emmreth Farm, near Taupo.
New Holland is now offering its Auto Command continuously variable transmission on the T9 Series tractors.
What a year it’s been for anyone interested in technology.
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Exploring the uses, benefits and recent developments of fertiliser will be a key feature of the East Coast Farming Expo next April.
Syndicate agricultural investor MyFarm is moving into apples, looking for $13 million from investors to set up Rockit apple orchards.
The Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) will see out its tenure under the new government, a Beef + Lamb NZ field day in the Kaipara region was told.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says he would like to seem more emphasis on sustainable growth of the value -- rather than volume – of New Zealand exports.
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