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OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
New analysis from the Meat Industry Association (MIA) reveals a New Zealand red meat sector under pressure from global market challenges.
Federated Farmers forestry spokesperson Toby Williams says that changes to forestry rules announced yesterday will put power back into the hands of local communities.
In a new policy announcement made this morning, the ACT Party says rural regulations will be the first to hit the chopping block if the party is elected.
Farmer-led charity Meat The Need co-founder Wayne Langford has stepped down as general manager.
ASB has launched its new ASB ACCESS programme, designed to accelerate the export growth of established high-potential food and fibre businesses, through access to debt capital alongside advice, connections and expertise.
New national standards will give local councils more power to decide where new commercial forests – including carbon forests – are located, to reduce the impacts on communities and the environment, says Environment Minister David Parker.
A Pukekohe deer farmer has been fined $12,000 for not tagging 278 animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
The search is on for the next generation of game-changers who are making a difference in agriculture, with applications now open for the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award.
Farmers, foresters and conservationists are all calling on political parties to commit to controlling the large mobs of browsing pests such as deer, goats, pigs, and wallabies.
With the German Agritechnica Event just a few weeks away, it looks like the key tractor makers are playing a game of top trumps with their flagship 4-wheel drive machines.
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Deere NZ territory manager Jaiden Drought was elected new president of the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) at its August annual meeting.
Designed as an alternative for those farmers who only feed round or large square bales, the Hustler BaleXpress bale feeder can cope with any bale sizes in either format.
Grass staggers (hypomagnesaemia – magnesium deficiency) or milk fever (hypocalcaemia – calcium deficiency) can affect beef cows around calving.
Abomasal bloat in lambs leads to excess gas in the abomasum, which causes it to expand like a balloon. This can rupture the abomasum wall and crush surrounding organs causing death.
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