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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…
Farming innovation of the technology kind will be at the gates of East Coast farmers next April.
Since being awarded the Case IH franchise in 2009, Giltrap Agri-Zone has won an increasing share of the tractor market in the Waikato region.
There are many ways to acquire the new machinery you need to have working your land and herds.
As we approach National Fieldays, the foggy season has arrived in Waikato, but it’s not all gloom and doom.
We've all seem remote controlled helicopters for the kids at the airport duty free counter, but commercial UAV’s take the game to a whole new level and can offer some tangible benefits for agriculture or horticulture.
A large-scale dairy farmer, among the first in New Zealand to introduce facial eczema (FE) tolerant genetics into his dairy herd, says they are an “essential tool for dairy farming,” reports CRV Ambreed.
More than 200 people turned up to the field day Maranga Station. Maranga is a typical East Coast hill country sheep and beef property and lies about 30km southwest of Gisborne on the Tiniroto Road.
More bad news for dairy farmers as the latest Global Dairy Trade auction saw the average price index slip by 2.2% to $2,472.
Cropping farmers are being urged to consider the true cost of winter grazing to their businesses.
In February the management team at Lincoln University were wringing their hands as the season appeared to be turning to custard, but at the latest field day the tone was much more upbeat.
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To call it a perfect storm trivialises the difficulties primary producers are facing in the balance between environment, welfare (human and animal) and economics.
Farmers are anxious about what the health and safety reform will bring and the new challenges that lie on the horizon.
The Hound reckons West Coast MP and Labour’s primary industries spokesman Damian O’Connor made a complete idiot of himself over his ‘support’ during the recent Anzac rugby league test.
Your canine crusader had to giggle when receiving one of those pesky emails/adverts suggesting possible gifts for Mothers’ Day. One particular email from a rural retail supplier offered an alluring array of gifts for mum.
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