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…
Federated Farmers is welcoming Beef+Lamb NZ's Economic Service confirming declines in the national sheep flock and beef herd may now be at an end. It also confirms the North Island has become the dominant island for both sheep and beef.
Social media is helping our beef and lamb exporters win new fans.
Environment Canterbury commissioners have agreed to notify the proposed Canterbury land and water regional plan (LWRP). The commissioners also resolved to revoke certain parts of the natural resources regional plan and the land and vegetation regional management plan when the proposed LWRP is made operative.
PRACTICAL, POLITICAL, inspirational, controversial: the recent Red Meat Sector conference in Queenstown covered all the bases.
HORTICULTURE NZ says it won’t back off from raising biosecurity issues despite stinging criticism from the Minister for Primary Industries at the growers’ conference.
A SHARE trading scheme for Fonterra farmers has passed the parliamentary hurdle. However, some farmers are unhappy with the Government’s refusal to put a legislative cap on the co-op’s proposed shareholders fund.
A NEW industry training organisation covering meat, dairy and seafood sectors is being launched this week (Jul 31).
THE RIGHT form of governance is critical to good succession planning, says the organiser of a recent two-day summit on the subject held at Massey University.
SHOULD WE forget faecal egg counting and target worm treatment by animal performance instead?
US SHEEP farmers enjoying all-time high lamb and wool prices face a devastating threat from increasingly unstoppable barber’s pole worms.
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FARM WORK rates are optimised by a raft of technical features and operating benefits in a new tractor from Case IH NZ Operations.
MANITOU’S NEW rough-terrain telehandler, model MLT 840-137 (replacing the MLT 741-120) turns in 3.98m, carries 4000kg, and will tip 3 tonnes into a 4.5m-high trailer. Its boom allows carrying loads up to 7.55m in height with 800mm of offset.
NEW FROM Fendt is a compact mid-horsepower (70-110hp) tractor with CVT (continuously variable transmission) – the first in this power segment offering such transmission.
THE VOLVO XC90 doesn’t look dated despite being a 10-year-old design. It set the benchmark for the family-friendly SUV when it launched in 2002 and was such a strong design in every respect, little has been changed over the years.
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