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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
A robotic feed pusher installed on a South Island dairy farm is reportedly increasing production and offering significant labour savings.
The Government’s freshwater proposals represent a blunt instrument for complex water problems, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Farmer groups are backing Government proposals to prevent productive land from falling to housing development. Horticultural land is especially in view.
In this season we are again asking a lot of our stock.
Most of the ewes that make up the New Zealand ewe flock are high performance animals, many of them sitting on a metabolic knife-edge as they get closer to lambing, says Ben Allot, North Canterbury Vets.
Changes in a farm’s land use or policies which result in it having mostly young livestock could be disastrous in promoting the development of drench resistance.
A team led by Punjab Agricultural University, India, with researchers from The University of Western Australia, reports a breakthrough in disease resistance in brassica crops.
Catch crops could rise in importance in crop rotations, particularly as the regulatory spotlight lights up the environmental impact of winter feed crops.
Chris Hursthouse (22) is proof you don’t have to grow up on a farm to succeed in farming.
OPINION: New Zealanders like their rivers to be clear, to be able to see through the water to the bottom — but this is not always possible.
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OPINION: ‘Policy on the fly’ has never been a good option and our Government appears to be combining this with ideology at the forefront and common sense trailing behind.
OPINION: The suggestion that groups such as DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ are selling the sector out over agricultural emissions is way off the mark and fails to grasp the complexity of the issue.
OPINION: The media should allow debate surrounding the causes of climate change.
The Hound understands that Mike Petersen’s time as NZ agriculture’s special trade envoy will soon end.
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OPINION: The Hound hears from his canine pals in Southland that an individual's derogatory remarks on social media have left…
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