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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
Southern Queensland farmers Jake and Felicity Hamilton say investing in a John Deere 616R self-propelled sprayer equipped with See & Spray Select has been ‘hugely beneficial’ to their dryland cropping business.
Cold snaps can be challenging for newborn lambs, but an injection of dextrose can be a lifesaver for cold or weak lambs.
Farmers are being asked to get their crap – the ovine variety – together and participate in a facial eczema (FE) research project.
There are a multitude of ways for farmers to reduce nutrient and sediment loss to waterways, but explaining this is a challenge.
OPINION: The Government might not control the Chinese economy and global milk prices, but it can control the regulations and red tape it is imposing on farmers.
OPINION: Hopefully agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has metaphorically penned his own resignation letter with the release of his government’s agricultural emissions policy.
OPINION: Your canine crusader has some sage advice for once-a-month, super shopper Sam – aka Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell.
OPINION: This old mutt had to laugh at a recent summary of the fake meat sector by international food expert Joanna Blythman: “No wonder people are turning their noses up at fake meat... it’s not healthy, it won’t save the planet, and it tastes like burnt dog food”.
OPINION: Sour taste Your old mate suggests the country’s struggling kiwifruit growers will find the latest pay increases to executives at Zespri very hard to swallow.
OPINION: The Hound reckons any claims that Ag Minister Damien O’Connor is in the ‘wrong party’, will have been well and truly dispelled by comments he made at the recent Red Meat Sector Conference.
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Riddet Institute chair Sir Lockwood Smith says while the NZ economy is based on livestock, there is a need to ensure that we are across all aspects of the future of food.
A recent review, released at the end of last month, suggests change is needed in how regulations that impact animal welfare are made.
The a2 Milk Company (a2C) efforts to return its Southland-based subsidiary Mataura Valley Milk to profitability remains a work in progress.
The scale of beef and sheep land purchased for forestry is higher than first thought, according to a report on land-use change.
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