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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…
Veterinarians working in agriculture have some major issues on product stewardship looming, says Mark Hosking, managing director of Franklin Vets.
Don't be tempted to give stock a “pick” at parched pastures as soon as they green-up after rain.
Wintering dairy cows may be a useful pasture development tool but once the bulk of the regrassing’s done, sheep and beef can at least match the returns, say award winning North Otago farmers Blair and Jane Smith.
One in five Fonterra suppliers is on notice to improve the quality of their milking shed water.
Former AgResearch scientist Tom Fraser, who ran the recent field day, says there is a lot of potential for biological control, but it can be very slow.
While the SFF project relates to biological control using the green thistle beetle, Graeme Bourdôt acknowledges that only a limited number of farmers have access to it and other methods have to be used to control this invasive weed.
The green thistle beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) was released in 2007 to help control Californian thistle.
A Kikuyu pasture system can show similar results in production and profit to ryegrass if managed well, a Northland Agricultural Research Farm (NARF) six-year study indicates.
Farmers don't want weaker environmental policies. Ten years ago we were fair game for the ‘dirty dairying’ remarks by Fish & Game, today not so much.
The recent visit by Professor Aalt Dijkhuizen, president of Topsector Agri and Food in the Netherlands, raised some interesting points about how New Zealand dairy farmers can learn from their Dutch counterparts.
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New Zealand suffers from ‘overseas expert syndrome’: people from any other country, especially those armed with a PowerPoint presentation, know best.
Enough is enough! That’s our message to the nutter or nutters responsible for the latest food safety scare to hit the dairy industry.
Your canine crusader will be interested to see whether anything new comes out of the much-hyped MIE report due to be publicly released today.
The Hound understands the recent crowing by Massey and Lincoln universities about the ‘huge growth’ in ag student numbers this year needs to be put into perspective.
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