A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
WOOLS OF NZ chairman Mark Shadbolt says directors are confident the company will raise the $5 million minimum required by February 25 in its share offer to growers – and it aims for $10 million.
DAVID CARTER says his greatest achievement during four years as Minister for Primary Industry was bringing his cabinet and caucus colleagues to greater awareness of the importance of the agricultural sector to the country’s economy.
WHILE THE hot, dry weather that’s hit Hawkes Bay has caused grief to many sheep farmers, it’s been a bonus for wool.
YIELDS ARE good and headers ahead of schedule as cropping farmers reel in this year’s grass, cereal and small seed crops.
CONSENTS APPLICATIONS for the dam and the overall Ruataniwha scheme are expected to be lodged in March, to be heard by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ensure independence.
THE PROSPECT of irrigation addresses some of the woes of Hawkes Bay’s annual drought, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.
SPEAKING OF milking things… remember Bendigo Station’s John Perriam exploiting that ovine celebrity Shrek the sheep for all he was worth a few years back?
FORMER ANTI-GM activist Mark Lynas certainly stirred up the tree-hugging set with his now famous (or is that infamous) ‘change of heart’ speech given at the recent Oxford Farming Conference.
POLITICS CAN be a brutal business; just ask former ministers Kate Wilkinson and Phil Heatley.
At the beginning of the year, Rural News judged Federated Farmers of New Zealand (FFNZ) as the most media-friendly organisation during 2012 – by a country mile. This is great recognition for a tremendous effort. When one considers the size of the organisation in comparison with some of New Zealand’s agricultural companies, the output is remarkable. And it hasn’t just been reactionary statements, it has also been think-pieces.
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AUSTRALIA HAS often been called the lucky country, largely because ot its mineral wealth. But fresh water resources make New Zealand a far luckier country. Managed wisely, that resource will be available for generations to come.
START COOLING grain from the day it comes off the paddock to minimise risk of infestation or other problems down the track.
WE MAY have thought we had maize week control nailed with pre-emergence sprays such as Atrazine, but nature, in her inimitable way, has seen some weeds develop resistance and render it useless in some paddocks.
HOW DO you assess whether a paddock needs renewing?
The Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust is encouraging use of a condition scoring system akin to those used to assess cattle or sheep.
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OPINION: A mate of yours truly has had an absolute gutsful of the activist group SAFE.
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