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Not so open-minded

ORGANICS ADVOCATES are among the first to claim they have open minds. However, a recent tirade by a Soil and Health Association Organic NZ spokeswoman – sorry, spokesperson – makes your old mate think their minds are anything but open.

Jury still out on TAF

AS FONTERRA last month announced a 33% surge in half-year net profit, its share price had another story to tell.

Media low-blow has Feds’ seeing red!

MORE THAN a few farmers would have coughed up their morning coffee on March 13 when they looked at the front page of the New Zealand Herald. There was a photo of a cow looking up at a rifle muzzle and about to get a bullet.

Is the environment farmer’s first priority?

FARMERS HAVE to lead the environment debate, says Bruce Wills, national president of Federated Farmers. He cautioned in December that many farmers need a mindshift from the past when government incentives encouraged clearing land and dumping on it lots of fertiliser and large numbers of animals.

Crop cover to combat psyllid?

FINE-MESH crop covers promise a solution to the problem potato pest tomato-potato psyllid (TPP), with possible benefits for other crop issues; such is the finding suggested by early results from research at Lincoln’s biological husbandry unit.

Calling time on turkeys

FIFTY YEARS after rearing his first birds, Philip Crozier is quitting turkeys.

Breed promises meat and wool gains

A SHEEP breed which promises to add-value to both meat and wool was launched at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days.

Beware risk of buying in TB

BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is these days most likely to enter your herd on the back of a truck, warns a retiring TBfree NZ stalwart with a lifetime’s experience of managing the disease control effort.

Worm risk when rain comes

RAIN AND continued warm weather could see a surge in the worm burdens after the long dry, warns COOPERS animal health Technical Advisor Hannah Field.

Deutz Fahr launch tractor series

CUTTING EDGE efficiency, comfort, style and productivity is what you’ll get with a new range of tractors coming from Deutz-Fahr, says the manufacturer.