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OPINION: A few armchair experts have dumped on Fonterra’s $4.22b sale of its consumer business, but the more your old…
Time is closing in on the search to find the best innovation in the New Zealand irrigation industry.
While the number of agricultural deaths has fallen from 19 in 2010 to 15 in 2011, Federated Farmers is committed to bring it down still further.
The purchaser of Crafar Farms has been given another two days to go unconditional on the sale.
Scientists are looking at new methods to enhance the ability of New Zealand's soils to lock up cadmium and, thereby, prevent it from entering plants and subsequently the food chain.
The humble potato may hold the key to your woman's heart this Valentine's Day.
With the new school year kicking off today, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is calling for a national police campaign to target speedsters past school buses.
CHINA COULD have sued New Zealand for breach of its Free Trade Agreement if Pengxin’s application to buy the Crafar farms was declined, says a legal academic.
Sir Michael Fay's legal challenge to the sale of Crafar Farms to a Chinese buyer will put Overseas Investment Office processes through the judicial wringer, says Federated Farmers.
Ahead of the facial eczema risk season, farm nutrition company Altum is releasing a new treatment formula.
NONE OF the proposed changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act will reduce the retail price of milk, say farmers.
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MORE THAN 30 farmers turned out for a field day to see and hear how automation in the milking shed is helping one Canterbury dairy farmer cut cell counts and combat mastitis.
FOR SOMEONE who has not done a lot of competitive ploughing, Colin Millar, of Rotorua (formerly of Reporoa), has come to the fore in this farming 'sport'.
A NEW 'sub-compact' utility tractor (1 series JD 1023E and 1026R), for work around home, will run implements and mow large volumes of grass with a high quality of cut, the maker says.
A SIMPLE new overload-protection device for Fella disc mowers (those with compact angle drive) prevents costly damage to the cutter bar, reports CB Norwood Distributors.
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