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National’s $600m water storage plan

The National Party says it will establish a $600 million fund to develop a long term plan for water storage if elected.

Sheep and beef farmer confidence drops

Sheep and beef farmer confidence dropped to the lowest recorded level since August 2017, according to a survey by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).

NZ’s sheep flock shrinks

The total number of sheep in New Zealand decreased 2.3% over the past year.

Drought has contributed to New Zealand’s sheep flock falling over the past year.

Check your fuel tanks, farmers

Farmers are being warned to check their fuel tanks following a fuel tanker driver being seriously injured on a farm.

Grevillia Ag joins recycling scheme

Nationwide on-farm recycler Plasback has more than doubled the volume of waste plastic it collected this year.

St Paul’s pupils pull in the prizes

Winners are grinners: Students from St Paul’s Collegiate, Hamilton, took out both the winning and runner-up prizes at this year’s Fieldays Online Young Inventers of the Year Award.

St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton has come up trumps again at the recent Fieldays Online Innovation Awards.

Bully boys?

OPINION: This old mutt hears that there is some discontent in the wool sector at the tactics being used by the meat industry to rejuvenate wool’s prospects.

OPINION: Your canine crusader, like many in the rural sector, was deeply distressed to hear the tragic news that a livestock ship carrying cattle from NZ to China had sunk off the coast of Japan after hitting a typhoon.

Not so bad

OPINION: Your old mate notes that Conservation Minister and Green MP Eugene Sage was waxing lyrically about the recent legal protection of 11,800 hectares of new conservation land in the Mackenzie Basin.

Be afraid!

OPINION: The Hound – like most in the rural sector would have – shuddered when the Green Party revealed it would like to hold the agriculture portfolio if it gets into government after the election.