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Four new biosecurity x-ray machines have been installed this week at international airports to prevent passengers bringing unwanted pests or diseases to New Zealand.
Four new biosecurity x-ray machines have been installed this week at international airports to prevent passengers bringing unwanted pests or diseases to New Zealand.
Zespri has announced two new $15,000 scholarships to encourage New Zealand's top secondary students to pursue a career in the fast-growing kiwifruit industry.
The saying goes “the only good thing to come out of Birmingham (UK) is the M6 motorway”, but just a few miles down the road in the heart of the Industrial Revolution, is Solihull, the home of the Land Rover.
Vaderstad has a long association with drills, the first production Rapid models drilling peas in Suffolk, UK, for supply to Birdseye in 1992.
Carlo Lambro, president of New Holland Agriculture, spoke in late June at the general assembly of The World Farmers Organisation, at Expo Milan 2015.
While the modern farm tractor runs almost exclusively on a diet of diesel, over the years we have seen derivatives running on bio-diesel and one unit out of Germany that ran on pure rapeseed oil (Canola).
Christchurch-based Forest Quip NZ is to market Tobrocco Machines’ Giant wheel loaders in New Zealand and Australia.
CB Norwood Distributors, importers of Vaderstad cultivators, has launched the maker’s Carrier L and XL cultivators.
When Smythe Contractors, Hautapu, recently won the contract to install the irrigation system for the new second drier being constructed at Fonterra Lichfield, it was a case of déjà vu.
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ) Genetics has appointed Dr Phillip Wilcox as its inaugural senior lecturer in quantitative genetics at the University of Otago.
My dear old Jean was one of the best mustering dogs I ever saw. She was black and tan with a longish silky coat, handy (only barking when necessary) unbelievably clever, easy to work and a growl from me was the only chastisement she ever received.
Plant science specialist Dr Lydia Cranston has joined Massey University’s International Sheep Research Centre.
A court order has been made against a Waikato pig farmer, limiting his involvement in the industry.
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