Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
I’m amazed at the stupidity of some people and the tightness of their wallets. Let me give you an example.
THE ANIMAL Health Board (AHB) says it hopes the findings of an Otago University study of a pest control programme using aerial application of the poison 1080 will reassure that such programmes have “changed for the better.”
Uk researchers have been given funding to develop a system to ‘knock down’ genes in varroa mites, causing them to die.
DON’T LET ample pasture now lull you into a false sense of security with winter just round the corner, says farm management systems firm Farmax.
MARSH CONTRACTING at Pongakawa, south of Te Puke, has a variety of machines and tractors for their extensive business but when it comes to rolling and compacting silage stacks – maize or grass – a Valtra is their choice.
THE ATTRACTION of higher-tech baling prompted B&B Contracting (2006) Ltd's October 2011 purchase of a Lely Welger Tornado baler-wrapper, the supplier reports.
EXTENDING ITS range of precision drills, Kuhn has released its latest Maxima 2 TRX model, capable of working to 12m wide and working 16 or 18 rows with spacings 700-800mm.
Having had a few problems on the way, the Waikato Ploughing Association had a fantastic two days hosting the finals of the New Zealand Ploughing Association’s 2012 New Zealand finals.
EMMA GILMOUR has her sights set on taking the lead in the 2012 New Zealand Rally Championship when the series visits the Wairarapa this weekend for the second of five rounds.
JAGUAR’S XF sports sedan has been judged the most secure vehicle in the large car category by Australia’s expert body on vehicle crime, the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council (NMVTRC).
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ALL THE stars lined up for Paul Houghton when he won the Mainland Minerals Vintage section of the New Zealand Ploughing Championship on April 14-15 at Cambridge
With 'cow pooling' in the spotlight following TV One's Sunday programme, Federated Farmers Rural Butchers believes it has a role to play in reconnecting the public to their food.
The recent coverage of 'cow pooling' has raised the profile of home killed meat as a viable method for consumers to attain cheaper meat.
Targeted types such as some first lambs fleece and oddments resisted a generally weaker market last week, says New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson.
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