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A new collaboration effort, named Vet Futures Aotearoa, is seeking to solve the big issues faced by veterinary professionals, including labour shortages.

The Government is backing what it says is the largest ever study on the sustainability of New Zealand’s farming sector, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced.

Despite experiencing the PSA outbreak first-hand growing up, Animal and Plant Health scholarship winner Sarah Wilson says deciding to study agribusiness was the best decision she could make.

Results from a recent study have shown red meat is a better source of protein than a processed plant-based alternative.

Having the ability to target feed ewes that will offer the best return on investmnt is one of the main benefits of pregnancy scanning - but there are others.

Dr Danny Donaghy is professor of dairy systems at Massey University and a specialist in pasture agronomy and physiology.

Despite a plethora of new gins appearing all over NZ, the country is yet to grow local juniper berries at any scale for gin production or for export.

The race is on to find backyard poultry keepers for a project run by Massey University.

Should twins born to ewe hoggets and grown out to heavy weights be retained as replacements and mated as ewe lambs?

Five research projects which will benefit the primary sector have been announced as recipients of funding from the Massey – Lincoln and Agricultural Industry Trust Capability Development and Research Fund (MLAIT CDR).