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THE HOUND reckons well-known cat hater and self-appointed expert on everything Gareth Morgan harbours a dislike of animals that now stretches beyond domestic moggies to include dairy cows.
Morgan and offsider Geoff Simmons recently penned a couple of articles in the New Zealand Herald further promoting the strong anti-dairy farming sentiment prevalent in urban NZ. Your old mate wonders if Morgan is standing for the Green Party at this year’s election; his anti-dairy, tax-the-‘rich’ policy means he’d fit right in.
Oamaru-based livestock handling specialist Te Pari has bought Combi Clamp, the New Zealand manufacturer of Combi Clamp manual sheep handlers.
Agriculture Minister Todd McClay has admitted that a scheme bringing workers from Pacific nations to work on orchards has become too hard to navigate but says changes are coming.
A new app designed in New Zealand aims to help sheep, beef and deer farmers capture, analyse and use body condition score data more effectively.
Canterbury farmer Andy Macfarlane has been appointed to the board of AgriZeroNZ, the public-private partnership designed to accelerate the development and deployment of emissions reduction tools for New Zealand farmers.
For over 50 years Mel Ewers has been supporting the apple sector navigate through compliance and quality assurance issues.
The apple sector is enjoying a bumper harvest season.
A fair question has been raised about how member-funded organisations should conduct themselves when taking a public position on any…
OPINION: It really is getting harder to lampoon government bureaucrats when they do such a good job of it themselves.…
