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Small window to lift ewe condition

Farmers have the next few weeks to lift the condition of their lighter ewes before the ram goes out. Photo: Kieran Scott.

Sheep farmers in many parts of the country have the next few weeks to lift the condition of their lighter ewes before the ram goes out.

MPI re-checking bovis farms to ensure disease is gone

MPI director of the Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme Stuart Anderson.

MPI is doing a double check of farms that have been infected with M.bovis in the past.

Ensure your pasture feeds animals

Which pasture would you rather end up with? The result of sowing bare seed (left) next to treated.

An agronomist is warning that unusually high insect pressure has seen spring-sown crops take a real hiding in some regions this season.

Awards open up doors

2021 Auckland Hauraki dairy manager of the year Stephanie Walker says the dairy industry awards competition has provided her with invaluable networking.

The 2021 Auckland/Hauraki dairy manager of the year Stephanie Walker says the dairy industry awards competition has provided her with invaluable networking.

The human being factor

OPINION: Just like you, everyone I have ever met, myself included, suffers from what I call "The Human Being Factor".

Global Britain - is it about to become a reality?

Lockwood Smith believes the UK has an opportunity to pursue a smart global trade strategy.

OPINION: Former NZ agriculture and trade minister, and ex-High Commissioner to the UK, Lockwood Smith, was the only non-UK member of the UK Trade & Agriculture Commission (TAC), which was tasked by Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss, to look at finding a way forward of Britain supporting trade liberalisation, while ensuring UK standards are not undermined.

A giant step backwards

Doug Edmeades says he is appalled by some of the junk science dished up in a recent white paper on regenerative agriculture.

OPINION: Last month, a white paper on RA was released: "Regenerative Agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand - research pathway to build science-based evidence and national narratives."

Appropriate!

A mate of yours truly reckons it was totally appropriate that last week's UN 'International Day of Fruit and Vegetables' held a function at Parliament, marking this momentous event.

Not so sweet

Your canine crusader picked up on a recent statement from Agriculture O'Connor claiming how wonderfully the country's honey sector is doing.

Shameful

A mate of the Hound reckons a certain high-profile director of one of the country's big meat co-ops and recent addition to the board of a NZ wool company is living up the mantra of: "Do as I say, not as I do."