Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Fieldays is going virtual this year — will it be a flop? Mark Daniel looks into the controversial event.
Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on our misunderstandings about the role of nitrogen.
OPINION: Hopes for any quick outcome of free trade talks with the European Union have hit the wall following a “paltry” market access offer for our agriculture sector.
Meat company Anzco Foods has recorded a $60m-plus profit turnaround for the 2019 year.
Environment Southland is wanting to see big improvements on last year’s winter grazing practices as it begins its aerial compliance inspections today.
Honda Australia has signalled it will stop selling quads/ATVs in that country as the discussion about the effectiveness of Crush Prevention Devices (CPD’s) rages on.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) believes the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will see huge swathes of productive farming land converted into trees for carbon farming.
Complying with new and stricter environmental requirements is for farmers a major challenge worldwide.
The Government’s decision to cap nitrogen fertiliser inputs at 190 kg N/ha per year is doomed to fail because it ignores basic science, claims soil scientist Doug Edmeades.
The recent rain in Hawke's Bay has provided some breathing space for those dealing with the drought, but the real test has still to come during the winter and early spring.
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Following a new economic report, Ag Minister Damien O’Connor is celebrating primary industries’ role in the COVID-19 recovery.
IrrigationNZ is commending the Government for funding further water storage as part of its post-COVID infrastructure fast-track.
A pathetic trade offer by the European Union has raised the ire of New Zealand politicians and farmer groups, which have strongly condemned the EU’s actions.
The situation for wool may be dire, but Waipukurau woolbroker Philippa Wright is not walking away from it.
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OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts…
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