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OPINION: Demand for red meat is booming, while it seems the heyday of plant-based protein is well past its 'best…
Irrigation New Zealand has appointed former DairyNZ manager Vanessa Winning as its new chief executive.
Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman James Barron says the council supports the recommendations of a review into its role and functions.
Allied Farmers is forking out $2.5 million for a new scheme under which rural land will be bought and then leased to successful farm operators.
Two farmers have been fined for failing to register animals under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme.
The first batch of overseas drivers for local agricultural contracting work is expected in the country next week, says Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) chief executive Roger Parton.
Rural groups are banding together to support farmers dealing with challenging weather conditions in Otago and Southland.
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that the farmer’s favourite politician – Environment Minister David Parker – not content with implementing his impractical and unworkable winter grazing and low slope rules in the recent freshwater reforms, now has his grubby little mitts all over water issues in the Otago region.
OPINION: A mate of the Hound’s is very suspicious about the motives around professional political muck-raker and “third party campaign” strategist Simon Lusk’s plans to take a private prosecution to force the Alliance Group to pay back all the Covid wage subsidy it claimed earlier in the year.
OPINION: Your old mate hears plenty of ill-informed comment from farming critics and other anti-farming types in this country about how farmers are always getting handouts or somehow bludging off the state.
OPINION: This old mutt understands that former Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has landed himself a new gig back in his native Netherlands.
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Mark Daniel reviews the new Jeep Gladiator truck.
Any dairy farmer who has taken a smack in the face from a dung-encrusted cow’s tail on a frosty morning will know the feeling and wonder how to stop it happening again.
Originally scheduled for a June Fieldays release, which was stymied by the Covid crisis, JCB has recently unveiled its third generation Loadall telescopic handlers.
Said to “glide like an eagle” – read silky smooth and always under control – Hustler Equipment has recently introduced the new Applic8R and Eagle boom sprayer combination.
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OPINION: The previous government spent too much during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite warnings from officials, according to a briefing released…
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