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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…
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Rules governing the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) changed on August 1 with the introduction of Civil Aviation Authority Rule 102.
There's a saying in the farm machinery trade that a $5 part can stop a $100,000 machine and that's probably correct with the complexity of modern machinery.
Witch tractors of 250-300hp favoured by many cropping farmers and contractors it's no surprise to see Case IH launch the Optum series.
Not long ago the humble quad was the main means of getting around the farm.
The end of winter means Dung Beetle Innovations' (DBI) rearing facilities are coming to life.
An Alpine Pork sausage from Countdown has been announced New Zealand's top sausage at today's grand final of the Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition.
A New Zealand company reckons it has come up with a product for preventative treatment of parasites in R1 cattle.
Forty years of genetic progress and a large recorded breeding database gives the Wairarapa Romney Improvement Group (WRIG) an edge, the group claims.
Making the switch from dairying to bull farming several years ago was not the shift all Bruce Kinloch's neighbours would have considered, says Rumensin supplier Elanco.
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Federated Farmers is welcoming the arrest of a dual Filipino/New Zealand national on suspicion of facilitating fraud.
Roger Tweeds runs 2300 Romney ewes and 200 hoggets on his 300ha farm near Lawrence, Central Otago.
Southdown breeder Chris Medlicott says farmers too often focus on the price per lamb instead of the return on kilograms of dry matter eaten.
John McFadzean has farmed in Wairarapa all his life and is a staunch supporter of the Southdown as a terminal sire.
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