Since its launch in 1996, following a decade of development, Lexion combine harvesters from Claas have set the benchmark for high capacity cereal production.

The number of Irish tradies working in Christchurch, and those operating rural contractors' machinery and tractors at harvest time, show how much the Irish like New Zealand.

The Hound reckons recent research into polarfleece jackets shows how wool marketers should be promoting woollen products against their synthetic rivals – as environmentally and sustainably superior.

A mate of the Hound reckons the cause of corporate doublespeak and all-round bullshittery has received another shot in the arm from Fonterra with its recent promotion of Judith Swales to the ridiculous new title of "chief executive officer of velocity and innovation".