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SIMON WALKER and his wife Louise are the fourth generation to farm Ross na Clonagh just out of Pahiatua in the Tararua District. The name of the property dates back to Simon's great grandfather who left Ireland aged 17 in the 1880s and soon acquired the property by ballot.
A WOMAN phoned the other day worried that a heading pup she had bought off me showed no interest in sheep.
VETERINARIANS IN Taranaki are perplexed by an upsurge in the number of cows contracting disease salmonella in the past year. So far 16 cases have been reported in the region and this is the first time the disease has been this widespread in the Stratford area.
RECENT COOL temperatures may have kept a lid on the start to the facial eczema (FE) season, but that's no reason to let down your guard, says farm nutrition specialist Altum.
MAF SAYS it has considered the risks associated with a new ruminant viral disease sweeping Europe and considers them "sufficiently managed."
FARM UTILITIES new next month include CB Norwood's CF Moto Z6, a 600cc, fuel-injected side-by-side and a UTV – a utility 4x4 machine with a tipping deck, powered by a 500cc engine.
WAIKATO FARMER and contractor Gary Rogerson last year hired four Fendt tractors for a large civil engineering job and their performance reinforced his confidence in the brand, AGCO reports.
ANYONE WHO had an old Suzuki SJ410 or SJ413 – or even a Land Rover – will relate to this version of Suzuki's offering to the New Zealand market. Built in India, the Farmworker is a 'descendant' of those early Suzuki's that were a cheaper go-anywhere 4WD much favoured years ago by Kiwi farmers.
TRADITIONAL MOISTURE measurement techniques for seeds, grains and forages are being called into question by the importer of a new state-of-the-art meter.
Farming visionaries are getting a come-on from the Sir Peter Blake Trust.
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The Crafar Farms Purchase Group says today's High Court decision confirms its view that Shanghai Pengxin's purchase of the Crafar Farms brought no additional economic benefit to New Zealand.
Check out Howies Checkpoint: as far as artificial-breeding bulls go, he's leagues ahead of any other.
PGG Wrightson clients will again have the opportunity of funding the community organisation of their choice through the annual Cash for Communities initiative which started last week and runs until May 31.
Heightened macroeconomic and geopolitical risks are likely to exert a strong influence on global agricultural markets in 2012 resulting in considerable uncertainty in the New Zealand food and agribusiness sector, according to a new report released by Rabobank.
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