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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…
Farmers will be able to observe first-hand the impressive impact of a biocontrol agent.
The Government's investment of $260,000 for the Golden Shears World Shearing and Wool Handling Championships in 2017 is a vote of confidence in the Southland region.
The "once in a lifetime opportunity to spend a week with other like-minded farmers and world class presenters" was the impetus for farmer Blair Drysdale to apply for the Rabobank Farm Managers Program.
A 'plant barbecue' was used in a joint study to test the vulnerability of New Zealand plants to wildfires.
Subsidies handed to European farmers are partly responsible for the dip in global dairy prices, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard.
The export market is worth over $1.5 billion to New Zealand winegrowers.
Young leaders in New Zealand's primary industries are essential for increasing the future prosperity of the sector.
Jam-packed with action, fizzing with giveaways: that's the promise of the Northland Field Days organisers.
Zespri will be the Primary Regional Partner for Surf Life Saving New Zealand in Bay of Plenty, Coromandel and Gisborne, offering free lifesaving training for local lifeguards.
Succession scored highly as a negative influence in a recent survey of the agricultural industry.
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New measures to improve the management of New Zealand's rivers, lakes, aquifers and wetlands have been proposed at the Bluegreens Forum in Tekapo on Saturday.
Federated Farmers has welcomed the release of the Government's discussion paper on freshwater management as a "useful next step".
Irrigation New Zealand welcomes the Government's 'Next steps for fresh water' consultation document but encourages the Government to 'get on with it.'
The Hound was intrigued by the motivation of the protesters who turned up in Auckland earlier this month to decry the signing of the TPP.
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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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