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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
After making major ground in the ATV and side-by-side markets in New Zealand over the last few years, CFMOTO is branching into the youth quad market with two allnew machines – including an all-electric version.
Tractor tyre optimisation is designed to determine the right balance between inflation pressures and load.
While the temperature was struggling to reach about 5 degrees and the horizontal hail had enough grunt to slice cheese, the SIAFD committee knocked it out of the park by delivering another great event.
North Otago dipping contractor David Ludemann has seen plenty of chemical families come, and then go.
Perrin Ag's newest graduate recruit is part of a new generation of farm consultants helping New Zealand farmers navigate unprecedented change.
Hawke's Bay producers face an uncertain wait while roads are repaired. Industry leaders are warning that more investment will be needed before there is a return to normal after Cyclone Gabrielle stopped many of the region's industries in their tracks.
OPINION: It is official - New Zealand's science system is broken.
OPINION: Reality is going to smack New Zealand in the face this year and it should be the wake-up call the Government needs to reset its priorities around agriculture.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s reckons the recent number of tractor sales, or more correctly, a lack of them, is a warning sign of a coming rural recession.
OPINION: Your canine crusader hears that Andrew Morrison's demise as Beef+Lamb chair came full circle for one of his early backers.
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OPINION: The Hound reckons former Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison's fate in losing his seat in recent levypayer elections should be a big lesson to other levy organisation leaders.
OPINION: Your old mate notes that the Dutch Pro-Farmer Party recently swept the elections in the country, very much upsetting the status quo.
Leanne Hartnett, a 25 year old Irish woman doing her first season in New Zealand as a rural contractor, is loving the life here.
Beekeepers in parts of the country badly hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and other storms are still struggling to get access to their hives.
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OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…
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