New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
Ups and downs in income are a tough issue for businesses in the primary sector.
Fonterra farmer shareholders will vote this week on changes to the co-op's governance.
Parliament can be as nasty – or not – as you want to make it, says first-time MP and dairy farmer Barbara Kuriger.
Silver Fern Farms' board has called on a group of minority shareholders to withdraw their call for a special meeting.
The Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) is to launch a series of computer courses to help farmers put technology to work.
Showcasing clear pathways to encourage young people into primary industry careers will be the focus of New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) at National Agricultural Fieldays.
A new patented travelling feed hopper for herringbone dairy sheds allows feeding which until now has only been achievable in rotary sheds.
This Fieldays will see the arrival of a much awaited tractor from Case IH -- the new Puma 4B series.
The story of your family and farm matters in the big scheme of things; tell it while you can.
Complying with the new workplace health and safety requirements is not rocket science and "there is nothing you need to be afraid of", a recent workshop heard.
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"Oh, you'd be warm," grinned one not-so-young visitor to the recent Golden Fleece Exhibition at Oxford, as he viewed a display of a couple of woollen funeral caskets.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters got more than he bargained for at a recent Waikato Federated Farmers annual meeting.
Beef + Lamb NZ is proposing to stay in market development but do it completely differently.
The massive change taking place in the dairy industry has the potential to prevent ambitious young people making a career in the sector.
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