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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
Palmerston North headquartered Norwood celebrates its 75-year anniversary in 2023, with events planned for staff and customers.
Tractor and harvester manufacturer Same Deutz Fahr (SDF) closed 2022 with unprecedented growth in revenues and earnings.
While tractor deliveries for the year-to-date April 2023 showing a 28% reduction compared to the same period in 2022 seems dramatic, a closer look provides a clearer picture into the market dynamics.
Beef + Lamb NZ is advising farmers in Southland, Taihape and Hawke’s Bay to be on the lookout for diarrhoea and sudden death in their ewes as reported cases of Salmonella Hindmarsh rise.
Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency for Taranaki, has launched its Branching Out growing trials with the planting of the first crop: garlic.
A raft of problems, including quality issues, poor pollination, and bad weather, has led to what has been described as one of the most financially unrewarding kiwifruit harvests in recent memory.
Dairy Women’s Network has announced that long-term board member Karen Forlong will leave the organisation this month, with Southland dairy farmer Jess Moore set to take up a board seat.
Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre says the farmer organisation welcomes recently announced changes to immigration settings.
Researchers at the University of Queensland are investigating ways to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination (AI) in sheep.
Paul Hunter farms 240ha of well-drained Mairoa ash soils at Mulroy Farm, situated south of Te Awamutu in the Waikato.
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Another feature of the Ahuwhenua awards dinner was the launching of a book about the history of the trophy tracing its 90-year history.
There were jubilant scenes as Wi Pere Trust, based near Gisborne, was declared the winner of this year's Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori horticultural enterprise.
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Animal and Plant Health NZ chief executive Mark Ross says the Government needs to step up efforts to support the rural sector so that all Kiwis can access safe, healthy and affordable food.
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