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Alliance Group re-set delivering results

Alliance Group has turned a corner on a challenging two years following a comprehensive re-set over the past 18 months and is forecasting a return to profitability, farmer-shareholders were told at the company’s annual meeting in Gore today.

LC70 - A no-nonsense work horse

Toyota’s Safety Sense package include lane departure warning, autonomous braking, pedestrian and cycle warning, downhill assistance, and a rear-view camera.

As most vehicle manufacturers are designing, producing and delivering machines with features that would take us into the next decade, it seems like the Land Cruiser design team at Toyota are working to the adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”.

GEA launches robotic milkers

The GEA robotic milkers offer batch and voluntary milking.

Milking technology provider GEA Farm Technologies is introducing its first automatic milking system (AMS) in New Zealand.

Unsung heroes under the soil

Associate Professor Maria Minor says on a good NZ pasture there could be up to four hundred worms per square metre.

Much of the scientific work being carried out at the Massey University led regenerative agriculture project, Whenua Haumanu, is below the ground.

'Female warriors' to talk ag sector opportunities

Mickey Trotter is one of four women who will speak about opportunities for women at the 2025 East Coast Farming Expo.

The East Coast Farming Expo is playing host to a quad of ‘female warriors’ (wahine toa) who will give an in-depth insight into the opportunities and successes the primary industries offer women.

Let’s be MPI’s eyes and ears

OPINION: The recent detection of Avian Influenza (AI), a low pathogenicity strain H7N6, at a free-range poultry farm in Otago has the agri sector focused on biosecurity. While the situation is cause for concern, the emphasis is on not panicking but remaining vigilant. The key message? Biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility.

Reflecting the true spirit of Christmas

Christmas season is a time to a bit of a breather and catch up with friends and family again.

OPINION: I trust all is well at your place. It's obvious the Christmas season is upon us, as I sit at my keyboard today. I'm looking forward to a bit of a breather and catching up with friends and family again.

Editorial: Goodbye 2024

The silver lining to a tumultuous 2024 is that next year is looking better – on several fronts.

OPINION: In two weeks we'll bid farewell to 2024. Dubbed by some as the toughest season in a generation, many farmers would be happy to put the year behind them.

Dark ages

OPINION: Before we all let The Green Party have at it with their 'bold' emissions reduction plan, the Hound thought it wise to run the numbers through the old Casio.

Rhymes with?

OPINION: The Feds' latest banking survey shows that bankers are even less popular with farmers than they used to be, despite falling interest rates, and the report still paints a damning picture of rural lending.