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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…
We're getting used to the endless mileage the news media gives to autonomous vehicles from Google, Tesla and Mercedes.
Farmers can no longer simply buy the cheapest drench, assume it is doing a good job of killing worms and not consider the longer term implications, says Jo Houlter, veterinary technical advisor, MSD Animal Health.
Benefits previously only available overseas from world-leading anti-infectives are now available for New Zealand’s dairy farmers, claims David Barnett of Ceva Animal Health.
This old mutt is perturbed to hear of Lincoln University’s precarious financial state.
The Hound's old mother once gave this old mutt sage advice about people living in glasshouses not throwing stones.
An innate curiosity for 'why things happen' made Lincoln University PhD candidate Amy Whitley a natural fit for scientific research.
Commercial farmers can be sure estimated breeding values (EBVs) for calf weaning weights will deliver what they predict.
Tomatoes NZ is the latest industry group to sign up to a biosecurity partnership with government.
Despite plenty of evidence showing the clear benefits of renewing pastures, renewal rates in New Zealand remain very low, claims the Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust.
An amusing memo circulated by a few social media-savvy farmers last week nicely summed up the rural-urban divide: 'Farming. noun [farm-ing]: the art of losing money while working 400 hours to feed people who think you are trying to kill them.'
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Otago farmer Marty Deans says he entered this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards to benchmark the farm he manages and learn more about improving sustainability.
The question many people are asking is, 'which trade deal will it be: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPPA) or the Regional Economic Partnership (RCEP)?'
Rural Women NZ wants rural broadband speed at the same standard of urban speeds.
With calving and lambing in full swing and many farmers in the North Island recovering from floods, snow storms and FE outbreaks, Peter Burke asks around the regions to see how things are panning out.
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