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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…
WHEN DISCUSSING farm forestry I’ve often heard farmers comment “there’s no money in trees” and recount a story of a woodlot harvested that barely showed a profit and wasn’t worth the hassle.
AUSTRALIA’S GROWERS are grabbing four-six weeks autumn or winter grazing off oilseed rape crops with no impact on grain yield, CSIRO agronomist John Kirkengaard told growers at Crops 2014.
Beware sowing wheat super early, but standard plant populations may need a rethink to push yields to new levels, leading UK agronomist Patrick Stephens told visitors at Crops 2014.
BRIX AND Pasture Energy Scale is a Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) and farmer project exploring the relationship between grass Brix and pasture metabolisable energy (ME).
WITHOUT DOUBT last week was a bad one for Fonterra and its shareholders. The cooperative, New Zealand’s largest company, was savaged by an independent inquiry into the handling of its infamous WPC80 false botulism scare last year.
TAXPAYERS WITH fluctuating income can now avert the risk of incurring hefty IRD late payment penalties and use of money interest (UOMI) in the event they have a better-than-expected financial year, says Tax Management NZ.
STATE-OWNED FARMER Landcorp is setting out to model onfarm safety with a wide range of measures to safeguard staff.
DROUGHT AFFECTED Australian farmers are being offered another A$100 million by the Federal Government but the farmers want a long-term drought policy.
THE KIWIFRUIT Claim is waiting to see if the High Court will set a deadline for growers to sign up to become plaintiffs, says media spokesperson Matthew Hooton.
FARMERS WILL need to use different NAIT tags from the middle of next year, says NAIT.
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THE MEAT industry has taken a small step in rationalisation with Blue Sky Meats buying a Gore beef and venison exporter.
B+L CHAIRMAN James Parsons will be throwing his hat in the ring again for the northern North Island farmer director position which he holds now and for the chairmanship.
SHEEP AND BEEF farmers should ride the wave of the upward cycle in commodity trade by ensuring they reinvest and build more buffer into their businesses, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
FOUNDATION FOR Arable Research chief executive Nick Pyke says over 600 people attended the organisation’s flagship biennial event Crops 2014 – more than any previous FAR industry event.
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