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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…
GETTING THE right people onto farming-type boards should rely on more than the toss of a coin.
EAST COAST AgFirst consultant Hilton Collier is the new president of the New Zealand Institute of Primary Industry Management, replacing Wayne Allan who’s completed the standard two-year term in the role.
SOWING RATE could be a bigger driver of pasture persistance than cultivar heritage, an ongoing DairyNZ study suggests.
DOGS WORKING cattle are always at risk but it goes hand in hand with owning a farm or working on one. No matter how careful we are, how clever our dog is, or how quiet the cattle, an expensive canine injury can happen in the blink of an eye.
FARMERS ARE being urged to deal with lame sheep faster after a Ministry and NZVA study of stock mobility at slaughter.
WANTING TO avoid driving on hillsides while clearing surface drains, Kaiawa dairy farmer Paul Toft hit on an idea for an attachment to swivel his front loader bucket 23.5 degrees to left or right in the vertical plane.
A NEW wheeled version of Advantage Feeder’s NGF 1800 feeder can enhance a farmer’s management of supplementary feeding, says the company’s managing director Gerard Roney.
WHEN THE people from Isuzu NZ, and the local dealer, Manawatu Isuzu and Commercial, suggested testing the Isuzu D-Max Ute, I anticipated an interesting ride.
The Governor-General, Sir Jerry Mateparae, and Lady Janine Mateparae, have met with Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO) trainees who are working to build the skills and knowledge they need to succeed through workplace training.
Associate Professor Andrew Allan, an expert in plant molecular physiology, has been appointed the new director of the Joint Graduate School in Plant and Food Science.
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SNOW RAKING is done on most South Island stations but the toll from the worst southerly storm in decades remains to be seen.
THE QUICKEST way for farmers to get fast broadband internet is to get out their diggers, says Telecommunications Users Association (TUANZ) chief executive Paul Brislen.
IN A move apparently designed to appease farmers affected by its One Plan, Horizons Regional Council now proposes all farmers who need a consent under the One Plan will get one – to continue farming.
The annual South Island Dairy Event was held at Lincoln last week and while many sessions were sector specific, there were plenty of take-home messages for the wider farming industry. Andrew Swallow reports.
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