A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
More dairy farmers are opting for artificial breeding (AB), boosting sales for LIC.
A second Queensland fruit fly has been discovered on Auckland’s North Shore.
Concerns about the continued spread of wilding pines are coming from both ends of the country.
Gourmet apple producer Rockit Global is the latest to join a New Zealand-led collaboration in China.
The apple and pear crop is forecast to increase only modestly this year but it's expected to be top quality.
All eyes will be on the second annual sale of Beltex purebred and crossbred rams at Rangiatea, Mt Somers on March 1.
The ability of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to hear any New Zealand disputes arising out of Brexit could be under threat.
A second type of fruit fly has been found in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Otara.
Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor is cutting short an overseas visit and returning home following the discovery of a new fruit fly in Auckland.
It is true that the current frozen sexed semen product SexedULTRA 4M is the result of almost three decades of research and development.
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Six commercial farms have been destroyed by the huge fire in the hills southwest of Nelson, according to Federated Farmers.
The Hound was disappointed but not surprised to see the multi-national, tax-dodging environmental group Greenpeace have another crack at NZers this month.
Your old mate reckons Fonterra is not the only dairy company in NZ now under pressure.
Meanwhile, this old mutt’s source also says the Fonterra directors’ meeting agenda had ‘Confidential’, plus each director’s name, emblazoned on every page.
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