A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
New research from the University of Queensland and the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has revealed that changing the diets of pregnant sows could be key to improving animal welfare by easing heat stress.
The forestry sector continues to attract young New Zealanders, claims New Zealand Forest Services as seven applicants join the Ngā Karahipi Uru Rākau – Forestry Scholarship programme.
The Big Feed is on for 2022!
If you’re in New Plymouth, it may be a tad trickier to get your hands on a Christmas ham this festive season.
Dairy Women’s Network (DWN) has named Taranaki farmer Nicola Bryant as its 2022 Regional Leader of the Year.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says it supports recent calls for the Government to slow the avalanche of regulatory changes facing food and fibre producers.
Biosecurity New Zealand is warning farmers that those who don’t keep accurate NAIT records put others at risk and can hinder efforts to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis).
State farmer Pamu has set up an independent sustainability panel to bolster its commitment to sustainable farming
A stock truck driver has been fined $3600 for mishandling goats while transporting them to a meat processing plant.
The new JCB TM 420S telescopic wheeled loader boasts the most powerful engine in the category, an eight-speed powershift transmission with torque converter lock-up in all forward and reverse gears.
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Over the next several weeks, farmers will be weaning their lambs and probably drenching.
The costs associated with shearing is leading to an increasing number of farmers looking at ways to reduce these costs and one is the self-shedding Wiltshire sheep breed.
Gisborne farming couple Matt and Megan Humphreys have helped shape the development of a farmer wellbeing assessment tool.
When Craig Wiggins stepped into the health and wellbeing space, little did he know that a few short years later he would be travelling the length and breadth of the country and saving lives.
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