New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
Farmers need to accurately determine fodder beet yields in order to maximise gains and minimise risk.
I had an email recently from a woman whose father was looking to get a dog to help him on his small block.
Online software and a mobile phone app are helping a sheep and beef farmer quickly and easily present data for farm assurance and compliance audits, says the supplier, Farm IQ.
The taste of a single blueberry was enough to launch Harry and Anne Frost into developing a blueberry orchard near Rotorua.
Early spring growth is an important factor for key animal production systems and farmers can make big differences with forage choices, according to Agricom's Allister Moorhead, product development specialist.
It has been a tough year so far for rural contractors with the pressure on the dairy sector, while many areas – such as Southland and the West Coast – are too wet to do anything.
Here's a question for the big brains out there.
Is your business or its assets owned by your family trust? If so, complications could arise should your marriage or de facto relationship fail.
It's no secret that the quality and availability of internet connectivity in rural communities varies greatly.
As Australian politicians haggle over endorsing a free trade agreement with China, farmers are warning that failure to ratify the deal will cost them up to A$18 billion over 10 years.
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A Chinese corporation has made $73 million sales within 12 months of launching its New Zealand infant formula.
NZLocums, A recruitment division of the NZ Rural General Practice Network, has placed its first nurse practitioner in a permanent role in a New Zealand rural general practice.
The new welfare code is likely to bring consolidation in the egg industry, according to the Poultry Industry Association of NZ.
Agricultural contractors around the country will soon be able to bring in overseas workers far easier than in the past following a deal between its national body and Immigration NZ.
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