New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.
The forestry industry has become the sixth industry group to join the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) biosecurity partnership.
IrrigationNZ has launched its first-ever annual snapshot of New Zealand's irrigation sector at today's AGM.
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This old mutt has long been suspicious of a group of water zealots in South Canterbury known as the Opihi Catchment Environmental Protection Society (OCEPS).
The Republican presidential front-runner who appears to wear a dead possum on his head – Donald Trump – has finally managed to get agriculture into the US political debate, but not in a good way.
The Hound suggests that something very fishy has been going on at the Hawkes Bay branch of 'Bitch & Complain' (Fish & Game) that warrants deeper investigation.
The Hound reckons the bureaucrats of MBIE, who among other things have responsibility for employment -- but also the unemployed, or is it unemployable? -- are themselves so unemployable that...
The Government has set a target to increase the value of New Zealand's food sector exports from $25 billion to $60b, meaning there will be an additional 50,000 jobs in the primary sector by 2025.
Primary ITO, the industry training organisation for the primary sector, is launching new qualifications for the agriculture sector this month.
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Carrfields Primary Wool's Just Shorn carpet wool brand is being rolled out in New Zealand in a "soft launch".
Halal products are adding up to 30-40c/kg to beef returns, says Greenlea Premier Meats managing director Tony Egan.
The production of a large Maori kiwifruit collective could double next year as more of the SunGold G3 variety comes on stream, says Neil Te Kani, the group's chair.
Former Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden has described his leadership style as essentially "very simple".
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