Political colours
OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
THE INCOMING Coalition Government in Australia intends to revitalise free trade negotiations in key markets.
ADVERSITY MAKES you struggle, so think and look for answers, say horticulture industry pioneers and innovators Fay and Joe Gock.
HIGH PROFILE media coverage is needed in China to get the message out that infant formula products are safe, says Chris Claridge from the NZ Infant Formula Exporters Association.
THE SUCCESS of the Lincoln and Massey agricultural research hubs will be defined by how much investment they can attract from the private sector – whether multi-nationals or domestic business, says Minister of Economic Development, Steven Joyce.
QUESTIONS ARE piling up as the Government launches its inquiry into Fonterra’s false botulism scare.
YOUR OLD mate would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at the recent Primary Sector chief executive’s bootcamp conference, coming as it did in the wake of the Fonterra’s clostridium botulinum and nitrate contamination incidents, not to mention Alliance’s labelling lapse and Westland’s own nitrate niggle.
GET OFF the Grass is a new book urging a kick-start to the New Zealand economy by moving on from agriculture.
Farmers around the country hit by devastating storms last week are being reminded that rural contractors are available to help them with any clean-up work.
AT LEAST 40% of New Zealand is too steep to cultivate yet still less than 1000m above sea-level.
A NEW farm nutrient management package promises to show how and where to get the best bang for your buck with environmental damage mitigation options.
More...
THE KEY issue with in-lamb hoggets is making sure they continue to grow and ensure that the animal has sufficient feed to allow for the foetus to grow as well, says a leading researcher on the subject.
ONE FARMER who is a great advocate of lambing hoggets (see p37) is John Heald, manager of Pohuetai Farms, Dannevirke.
DOGS DON’T beat one-another with sticks. Pups learn respect early from growling, snapping and being towered over.
BRITISH SCIENTISTS are urging people in towns and cities keen to help the beleaguered honey bee not to buy a hive but to grow bee-friendly flowers instead.
The Hound
True agenda
OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
» Connect with Rural News
Popular Reads
Open Country opens butter plant
When American retail giant Cosco came to audit Open Country Dairy’s new butter plant at the Waharoa site and give…
MPI launches industry-wide project to manage feral deer
An industry-wide project led by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is underway to deal with the rising number of feral…
Hawke’s Bay farmers donate livestock to support rescue helicopter
A Hawke's Bay farming family of self-confessed 'frequent flyers' has donated the proceeds from their spring lambs.
