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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…
On a typical farm, ask the farmer what he loves most and he may answer: wife, dog and quad; and if the first is out of earshot the order may differ.
Comedy and musical group ‘Sons of a Bitch’ and singer Mel Parsons are preparing for their North Island Woolsheds Tour starting October 19.
The tourism sector appears flippant both on the risk their industry poses through arriving passengers, and the importance of biosecurity, Horticulture New Zealand says.
Your canine crusader had to giggle at the latest spin coming out of Lincoln University, now engulfed in a financial crisis which could force it to close, downsize or even merge with another university.
The Hound had to shake his head at the performance of the Hastings District Council (HDC) and the debacle it had in managing – or is that mismanaging? – the water in Havelock North.
A UK research company suggests the market for agricultural robots and drones, now about $3 billion annually, will balloon to $10b by 2022.
More Hawke’s Bay farmers should take up the proposition of organics to safeguard the region’s environment and grow its economy, says the country’s peak organic body.
The Board of Directors of Zespri will start a search process next year to select a new chief executive officer.
AgResearch has been awarded $4.25m in funding to develop sensors which will accurately measure the quality of export beef, lamb and venison in order to enhance consumer confidence in New Zealand’s meat.
Shane and Marie Donovan of Taihape needed to replace their combination mowers, with a pre-requisite that the replacements could deal with ground steep and rough.
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If you were to look at the range of lamb daily growth rates on sheep farms in New Zealand you would find a huge range from as low as 80g to 350g+/lamb/day.
Dogs can be taught a lot of different commands, more than you would think; the thing to remember prior to training is to run through in your mind their other commands to make sure they all sound different.
A one-day free seminar on selenium next month in Hamilton will present data on boosting animal health and productivity, says the organiser, BEC Feed Solutions.
Managing ewes for maximum survival and profitability is underpinned by four key profit drivers, says Australian livestock consultant San Jolly.
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