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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
Your canine crusader thinks Fed head William Rolleston comes across at times as a bit too nice – perhaps because of all the fancy schools he went to.
Your old mate had to giggle at a recent story about a vegan video blogger (Vlogger) who got all teary at the sight of sheep being shipped across Cook Strait.
This old mutt wonders just how long Massey University can credibly claim to be a pre-eminent learning institution for future agriculture when one of its high-profile academics reckons there is no future in agriculture.
The Hound notes that Ross Hyland, the former ‘advisor’ of failed meat lobby group MIE, popped up again in the media to criticise the confirmed SFF/Shanghai Maling merger.
The government is looking at how to get more trees planted as a key part of meeting its Paris agreement obligations, says Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett.
Land and water remain the key constraints to growth in horticultural production, HortNZ has told the Productivity Commission.
Silver Fern Farms (SFF) chairman Rob Hewett has dismissed claims that the newly merged meat company is about to start a bidding war for new season lambs.
The New Zealand dollar will be the big worry for beef and lamb prices in the next year, says ANZCO chairman Sir Graeme Harrison.
Rural services co-operative Farmlands has posted a $9 million loss for the 2016 year.
You wonder how the marketing people in the motor industry come up with new model names.
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An assessment tool known as the Carbon Navigator is used to assess each beef and dairy farm under Ireland's sustainability scheme Origin Green.
Origin Green, a scheme that verifies the sustainability of Ireland’s food and drink production, now has 100% of the country’s dairy farmers and 90% of beef farmers signed up to its extensive auditing.
Farmers in Waikato will be testing a proposed plan to improve water quality in the region.
Many tractor manufacturers are talking about autonomous operation, most going about it by modifying existing products.
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