Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Health professionals with an interest in the rural sector have less than one month to apply for this year's Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship, with a closing date of July 1.
Trade policy specialist Wade Armstrong has been appointed one of two government representatives on the New Zealand Meat Board.
Most New Zealanders are townies these days but still value the rural sector. And that's why the National Agricultural Fieldays is such an important annual event, says the University of Waikato's inaugural chair of agribusiness, Professor Jacqueline Rowarth.
A farmer-led Canterbury Water Forum will tomorrow challenge environmental preconceptions about farming typified by the front page of today's Dominion Post.
New Zealand teenagers will be transforming typical, run-of the-mill burgers into healthy, gourmet masterpieces to impress culinary judges in the annual secondary school burger competition.
Fonterra's Board will be looking for a clear mandate from the cooperative's 10,500 dairy farmers when they vote on Trading Among Farmers (TAF) on June 25, says chairman Henry van der Heyden.
Lamb kill numbers are just showing signs of declining. But unlike in the beef market, farmgate prices are not feeling too much upward pressure.
Early Beef + Lamb figures suggested a 17,000 head lift in the North Island cow kill this season. Now it seems it won't get anywhere close and in fact could be much lower than historical levels.
Milk production is now noticeably dropping off as the season draws to a close. With winter around the corner, grass growth has slowed as both air and ground temperatures drop. Herd condition is very good has we head into the winter months.
GALLAGHER PLANS to offer help to farmers needing to comply with the NAIT regulations kicking in on July 1, says key account manager Mathew Macfie.
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A CORKILL Dairy Systems lobe pump installed early February already has a Norsewood, Hawke’s Bay, dairy farm noting a 6% increase in milk solids, says the supplier’s New Zealand sales manager, Vern Coxhead.
THE BEST bull in the world will be on display at National Fieldays, says LIC.
World-class researchers from a range of environmental and agricultural sciences within Massey University will work together to provide novel solutions to current river catchment and freshwater problems.
The Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) is really pleased with the response to the webcast launching the program New Zealand Needs Fertiliser and Plants Need Food. It is a short, sharp educational programme aimed at correcting the myths over fertiliser use.
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