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OPINION: A few armchair experts have dumped on Fonterra’s $4.22b sale of its consumer business, but the more your old…
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.
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.
A local vet recruitment agency says the vet shortage situation in the country is getting more dire by the day.
A one-size-fits-all vaccination programme does not suit different sheep systems, which all have different vaccine requirements.
This year's Kate Sheppard Memorial Award recipient will support research to ultimately help New Zealand farmers choose forages for best production and drought resistance.
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Ben and Yvonne Lee weren’t born into farming but have taken it up with vigour.
OPINION: The COVID-19 lockdown brought a brutal clarity to New Zealand’s economy and laid bare the importance of our primary sector.
The biggest challenge facing horticulture is labour and we will – as a collective sector – ask the new government to focus attention in this area.
OPINION: This is a call to action to all farmers who have worked on through Covid-19 difficulties, supporting the economy and contributing to recovery.
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Labour's pains
OPINION: After a run of bad polls and mixed economic news, PM Christopher Luxon was no doubt hoping for a…
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