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OPINION: Last week's announcement of Prime Minister’s new Science and Technology Advisory Council hasn’t gone down too well in the…
OSPRI's new more rigorous five-step process has produced its first service provider to achieve NAIT accreditation.
Donaghys are passing on advice for spray contractors who will be applying its patented formula N-Boost on dairy pastures this season.
A live yeast product used on farms through a patented system is said to be increasing milk production, improving herd fertility, and reducing the amount of effluent produced.
OPINION: Last week's proposal from the Government will not come as a surprise to those who have been following the topic.
OPINION: The agriculture sector has long asked for certainty around what the Government might finally determine on how agricultural emissions will be treated and that is seemingly just weeks away.
OPINION: Animal rights group SAFE thinks skinny cows are unacceptable on a farm.
OPINION: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern used a hay bale for a podium while announcing the latest consultation documents on the Government's emissions policy.
OPINION: Talkback radio was just one forum running hot with angry takes on the decision to tax farmers for livestock farts last week. The anger, and support for farmers, went much wider than rural communities.
OPINION: If the recent bloodbath the left suffered in the local election lurch to the right wasn't a clear enough sign that Labour are out of touch with the electorate, then the Government's farm emissions policy announcement is surely the final proof.
European dairy co-operative Arla says, from next year, the milk price paid to farmer suppliers will be linked to environmental sustainability.
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Waikato-based niche dairy producer Canary Foods has been bought by Westland Milk Products.
New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) has an alumni network.
Fonterra's departing chief financial officer Marc Rivers says delivering the co-op's annual results for the final time made for an emotional day.
Farmer confidence could be headed up, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey, but farm costs remain a worry.
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