Less hot air
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Farmers can expect good science-based viable tools to deal with their greenhouse gas emissions within the next five years.
Farmers affected by Canterbury flooding are being urged to check what business interruption (BI) cover what they have in place.
Fonterra's small group of organic farmers are facing a drop in milk price after a record $10.26/kgMS payout last year.
A number of farmers were forced to dump milk, says Farm Source regional head Charles Fergusson.
Mid-Canterbury farmers David and Kate Acland own Mt Somers Station, near the Ashburton River gorge and the epicentre of the heaviest falls.
Canterbury is drying out after a rare red alert weather bomb dumped up to half a metre of rain across the province in only three days and caused "devastating" damage to swathes of farmland, especially in the dairying heartland of Ashburton.
A dairy farmer whose neglect of yearling cattle led to 11 deaths has been fined $17,500 and warned that he could be disqualified from farming if he appears on animal welfare charges again.
Farmers importing stock onto their farm are being urged to have a quarantine drenching regime in place to further prevent the spread of triple drench resistance.
DairyNZ is encouraging Canterbury farmers to look out for each other and access support agencies for assistance amid flooding in the region.
A million native plants have been distributed to Taranaki farmers by Taranaki Regional Council.
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Rasmus Helms, owner of the Danish company Siwi, designed and manufactured his first combi-hitch in 2012, in response to the increasing numbers of crushing and PTO-derived fatalities occurring when connecting implements to tractors.
A Dutch Giant is playing such an important role at Schuler Brothers' Te Aroha West goat farming operation that the head stockman says, "if I was considering a job at another goat farming operation and they didn't have a Giant, I'd say thats but no thanks".
Rural insurer FMG is offering up three tips for farmers and contract milkers to support a successful Moving Day this year.
Having made an immediate impact on the agricultural sector when it set a world record for planting back in 2017, the Vaderstad Tempo L has just past the significant milestone of 1000 machines being produced.
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