New Broom
OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
A recent study from the Bio-Protection Research Centre has found that pasture grasses with beneficial micro-organisms are less attractive to soil-dwelling insect pests.
A pioneering farmer's legacy has eased the financial burden of hundreds of students entering their first year of tertiary study in the Waikato.
Rotorua is set to host a unique forum this year on the innovative and commercial uses of New Zealand flax (Maori name; harakeke)
The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has discovered a strain of yeast that may improve the resilience of harvested crops to mould.
Summer is a great time to eat more fruits and vegetables. That’s the message from a charitable trust campaigning for Kiwis to eat five or more serving of fruit and vegetables daily.
For those people looking work in the agricultural sector a newly established international job board might be just the thing.
Now is the time for sheep farmers to start warning their Christmas visitors that dogs need to be dosed for sheep measles or be left behind says Dan Lynch, project manager of Ovis Management Ltd.
Sheep and beef farmers are stepping up to lead change in their industry, according to Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy.
A NEW ZEALAND crop packaging company is using pink bales of silage and hay to raise the awareness of breast cancer in rural communities.
New Zealand tractor sales have hit their highest level in a decade.
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GENERAL MOTORS has given its Chevrolet and GMC pickups a major overhaul for 2015 and the new trucks are hitting NZ roads as we speak.
MID-CANTERBURY CONTRACTOR Murray Donaldson, of Interow Spraying, is getting a “really good run” from his firm’s three Berti TSB mulchers, says the distributor, Farmgard.
THE USE of an insecticide in brassica crops to keep beneficial insects in the crop worked well last season for Aaron Grant, of Taupo, says DuPont.
RECENT UPDATES to the Holden Colorado came in response to criticism about the ‘old’ model.
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