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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…
International food commodity prices shot up 4.2% in June, their steepest monthly increase of the past four years.
Visitors to Mystery Creek couldn't fail to notice a new addition for 2016 on the largely green John Deere site, in the shape of the yellow JD 624K wheeled Loading Shovel.
Get your colostrum feeding right and you'll go a long way towards raising healthy replacement calves.
A beginner's guide to irrigation will be offered in Hawke's Bay next month for professionals who need to better understand the sector to help their dealings with farmers.
The ongoing fallout from the Brexit result, continued minimal activity from China and a strong New Zealand dollar have compounded to make significant inroads into local wool values.
The sheep industry celebrated its best and brightest at the Beef + Lamb NZ Sheep Industry Awards in Masterton last night.
Colin McKenzie has been appointed as the new chief executive officer for Christchurch based NZ Yarn Ltd, effective Monday, July 4.
Two new grower board members have been elected to the Horticulture New Zealand board.
Federated Farmers says they continue to endorse farmers' rights to decide what technologies are used on their farms, including GMOS.
The Hound has been lambasted by claims and counter-claims over the SFF/Shanghai Maling deal.
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Your canine crusader sees that his good mates at the meat industry’s ‘Dad’s Army’ – MIE (the gift that keeps on giving) – have taken umbrage at the Hound’s June 7 column.
The Hound had to giggle at some of the crazy conspiracy theories going around when the Poms were going to the polls, last month, to vote on leaving the EU.
Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre chairman Rick Powdrell spoke at the Feds' annual conference last week. Here are excerpts from his speech.
Good stockmanship matters and needs much more credit, says Dr Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University.
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