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OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
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.
Getting the best bang for buck out of fertiliser – while protecting economic and environmental bottom lines – is a key balancing act for farmers.
Reducing ewe mortality rates on farm by 2% could result in at least $28 million a year savings to the industry, says Kate Griffiths, at the Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University.
Australia's richest woman could soon own the country’s largest private agricultural business.
A saliva test successfully used for selecting sheep with enhanced protective immunity to internal parasites is now available for deer breeders.
Hadstock is a family business, the farm having been in the Chamberlain family since 1878.
The prospect of raising production and profits spurred James and Kate McKay, farming at Alfredton, Southern Hawkes Bay, to get involved in the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP).
Canterbury's water quality looks set to continue dominating the Canterbury Regional Council’s deliberations.
Helen Slattery is the rural contracting sector's first woman to gain a national certificate in infrastructure works supervision Level 5.
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Horticulture NZ has assisted Pukekohe vegetable growers to get funding for riparian plantings along the waterways that feed into the Waikato River.
The environmental benefits of Canterbury’s Central Plains Water irrigation scheme are already evident as the scheme progresses into stage two, says chief executive Derek Crombie.
Organiser of the rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong say it has exceeded expectations in its first year, supporting on average 1000 people each week to live and farm well.
Silver Fern Farms is consulting with staff at its North Island Wairoa mutton processing plant and its South Island Mossburn venison plant on options for closing the two small sites.
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