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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
While many industry watchers have been singing the praises of the latest and greatest innovations at the recent Agritechnica Event, held recently in Germany, agricultural journalists have been deliberating the winners of the Farm Machine of the Year 2024.
The farm machinery business has been extremely buoyant following the original onset of Covid-19 in mid- 2020.
Don't get caught with worms you can’t kill.
Over the last three years, 4500 native plants have been planted along a 2.5 kilometre stretch of the Burgess Stream.
OPINION: Well another year is rapidly ending and 2023 will shortly be consigned to the history files. Where has it all gone?
OPINION: Towns and cities downstream of large forestry blocks are at high risk of infrastructure damage – costing billions – when major flooding occurs.
OPINION: As pointed out in our review of the year, 2023 has been one of extremes in almost every way – from weather to costs.
OPINION: A colleague of this old mutt’s was less than impressed by the antics of a regenerative dairy farming couple’s attempts to manipulate the coverage of their farming operation.
OPINION: Your old mate understands that researchers at AgResearch are not taking the proverbial with their latest scientific revelation.
OPINION: The Hound reckons that Rob “I’ll be chair, I don’t care where”’ Hewett will be looking forward to the Christmas break more than most – despite being named chair of the year at a recent business awards ceremony.
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OPINION: Your canine crusader believes the Taxpayers Union is on to a good thing with its latest campaign to get media outlets who took the previous Labour Government’s ‘bribe’ – sorry taxpayer handout – via the highly controversial and discredited Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF) to pay it back.
The roading network in NZ is going backwards, according to the head of one of the country's largest vegetable growing operations.
A new initiative to support North Island farmers recovering from flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle with veterinary services receiving $2.6 million from the Ministry for Primary Industries.
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