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With Southland drenched and the West Coast battered by a second week of storms, Federated Farmers believes much of New Zealand's farmland has benefited from summer rain excepting Hawke's Bay and parts of Gisborne.
THE HOUND could not be bothered with all the hype that recently engulfed the country – especially in Wellington – over The Hobbit movie premiere.
SO SOLID Energy has managed to flog-off its biodiesel business. Your old mate wonders what price the state-owned enterprise actually got for it.
The combined North and South Island first wool auction for 2013 resulted in a strong market based on recent increased buying interest particularly from China, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd’s general manager, John Dawson says.
The District Finals are completed with the Regional Finalists found, and the anticipation is building for the next phase of ANZ Young Farmer Contest.
January-March rainfall is likely to be near normal or above normal in west and south of the South Island, but near normal or below normal in the east of the North Island.
More roads have been closed because of flooding throughout the Southland District.
Reports that farm revenue is not matching increases to input costs mean farmers need to be acutely focused on maximising production.
Greg Campbell has taken over from long-serving CEO Rodney Green as head of the billion-dollar farmers' co-operative, Ravensdown.
While some West Coast dairy farmers caught up in storms last week have had to dispose of uncollected milk in an environmentally responsible way, Federated Farmers believes contingency planning by Westland Milk Products has saved most from loss.
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A NEW Zealand company's 'revolutionary' brushcutter blade that won a 2011 product-of-the-year award from the Australian Outdoor Power Equipment Association got its start chiefly through National Field Days and with crucial help from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE inhibitor: remember that name. Better known as SDHI's, this new group of fungicides dominated crop protection discussion at FAR's main field day of the year, Crops 2012.
AS THE holiday season approaches the Ministry for Primary Industry says remember the rules about homekill.
WHILE MUCH of this season's lamb crop is still in the paddock, thoughts should be turning to protecting next spring's drop, say vets.
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