New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
Patchy rain up the South Island’s east coast early this month eased the drought’s grip in a few areas but others still have zero pasture growth.
The Meat Industry Excellence Group hopes its much-vaunted report on the meat sector, due for release today (March 17), will put a rocket under changes to the industry.
Federated Farmers is mobilising its members to help find the person threatening to contaminate infant formula with 1080 poison.
In the last couple of weeks we have seen a welcome recovery in the Global Dairy Trade price index, albeit on reduced volumes for this time of year.
So it's official – we now have a drought in large parts of the country: no surprise to most of us in the rural sector.
Case IH, in relaunching the Farmall C, Farmall U and Farmall U Pro series, expects the iconic brand to reclaim its title as a heavyweight in utility tractors.
If you're going to plough, do it well, says the president of the New Zealand Ploughing Association, South Canterbury farmer Norm Styles.
Lely's new continuous baling system will allow operators to just keep going when baling any type of crop – no need to stop or slow down
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Massey Ferguson has launched the first new tractors in its new Global Series. The tractors were shown for the first time in New Zealand at the recent Northland field days.
Brothers Scott and Leighton Campbell grew up on a West Coast dairy farm, making silage pretty much all their lives and seeking to do it better.
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Whether you have a ewe with a bearing, a ewe you want to take a lamb to, or a ram you want to use as a teaser – it can be harnessed, says Rurtec.
A petition calling for non-stun livestock slaughter to be banned in the UK hit its target 100,000 signatures last month, says instigator the British Veterinary Association.
A new strain-specific footrot vaccine for sheep, developed by Sydney University, has been approved for use after months of negotiation.
I had a phone call recently from a chap who had a problem with his young dog. He bought the 9-month-old pup from someone who had reared it well; it was a relaxed happy confident youngster and keen to work.
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