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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…
Farmers will soon have an app to help them make better decisions about controlling erosion and reducing sediment entering New Zealand waterways.
East Coast Farming Expo 2020 manager, Sue Wilson talks about the expo and her highlights from the last few years.
A mate of yours truly reckons one only needs to look at the gongs given out in the New Year Honours list to garner exactly what the current Government thinks of the farming sector.
This old mutt was not surprised to see a number of supposed ag industry ‘thought leaders’ (a pompous title if there was ever one) fully supportive of the embarrassing, woke joke that is the Primary Sector Council’s recently released ‘vision’ for the sector.
Yeah, right! Your old mate is delighted to learn that the country’s tree-hugging, lefty-loving, public servants will soon be able to purchase new discounted electric bikes.
The government has announced a $300 million dollar capital investment in health, with $26 million going to regional and rural service projects.
OPINION: “A lie is halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on” sums up the propaganda certain activists, bureaucrats and policymakers are spreading about the farming sector in this country.
Long-time goat industry advocate Garrick Batten questions why NZ meat exporters have not capitalised on the inbuilt and growing Northern American demand for goat meat.
Member of lobby group 50 Shades of Green, Mike Butterick on what the group is standing for in 2020.
For the first time in 45 years, a member of New Zealand’s wine industry has won a Nuffield Scholarship.
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Despite its good market returns, growth capital is limited for the horticulture sector.
Accommodation offers have been pouring in from New Zealand farmers to provide a break for Australian farmers caught up in the bush fires.
Tractor and machinery distributors have stepped in to offer assistance to fire-affected Aussie farmers.
Soil moisture levels are plummeting across the Waikato and South Auckland, according to the Waikato Regional Council.
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