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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…
Your canine crusader hears that all is not well within the work environs of rural lobby Fed Farmers, where a number of senior staff have jumped ship.
The Hound had a bit of a giggle at the sight of the party’s supposed mates giving it a serve over the way it gets things so wrong.
Your old mate was intrigued to see former Greens co-leader Jeannette Fitzsimons appeared at a consent hearing to protest about the expansion of Fonterra’s factory at Studholme, South Canterbury.
This old mutt understands that the man behind a call for Silver Fern Farms (SFF) to run another poll on its merger with Chinese investor Shanghai Maling is...
The name Johnstone has been synonymous with breeding bulls in the Whanganui district for at least 90 years.
Decades ago I went to a few dog training days and every man and his dog turned up; it was a great day out, usually ending with a barbeque and a few drinks.
A new scholarship programme aims to support an emerging leader within the primary industries.
Genetics trials on a scale not seen for at least 15 years have renewed farmer enthusiasm for beef genetics.
Trade Minister Todd McClay has welcomed the Waitangi Tribunal's Report on the TPP which found no breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Over the last few years Kubota has indicated its intention of becoming a major global player.
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Thirty nine years is a long time since JCB launched the first Loadall telehandler in 1977.
Deciding which proposed animal welfare standards will become regulation and which will become 'guidance' is a priority concern for DairyNZ.
What makes a good bull?
At a forestry event last year a speaker talking about forest owners' spending on science asked, "How much does the kiwifruit industry commit to research?"
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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