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Tractor to help budding farmers

Jeff Farm is a 2433ha property near Gore, owned and run by the Salvation Army since the early 1950s after it was gifted by farmer Edmund Jeff, with the stipulation it be "used to train young people with a passion for agriculture, who would not otherwise have such a career option" - for a career in the New Zealand agricultural industry.

A year of global challenges

EIMA is a global showcase of agricultural machinery and associated technologies.

As a guest of the Italian Trade Association, Rural News Group Machinery Editor Mark Daniel took the opportunity to make an early November dash to Bologna to the 46th EIMA exhibition.

Collars make mating simple, keep labour costs down

Matamata farmer Tony Hollinshead says the collars save a lot of guesswork.

With the mating season in full swing, cow sheds and farmers across the country have been busy.

Alliance seeking outside capital

Reeling from two consecutive years of heavy losses, Alliance says it has appointed Craigs Investment Partners to explore external capital-raising options.

Another bad annual result for Alliance

Meat company Alliance has posted a second consecutive trading year of a heavy loss.

Spelling pastures

Spelling will allow the subterranean (sub) clover plant to setseed by burying seed burrs.

To build resident populations of subterranean clover in hill country pastures, sheep farmers are encouraged to spell selected areas for four to five weeks over late spring and early summer if possible.

Breeding for low methane can improve productivity

Livestock can be bred for lower methane emissions while also improving productivity at a rate greater than what the industry is currently achieving, research has shown.

Healing a 'sick' heart

OPINION: Like many of you, I am familiar with the old adage "You are what you eat".

Editorial: NZ's great China move

Recently, the Meat Industry Association exhibited at the 7th China International Import Expo in Shanghai.

OPINION: The New Zealand red meat sector, with support from the Government, has upped the ante to retain and expand its niche in the valuable Chinese market - and the signs are looking positive.

Review SOEs!

OPINION: NIWA has long weathered complaints about alleged stifling of competition in forecasting, and more recently, claims of lack of transparency by the Crown-owned entity - spurred by its refusal to release information under the OIA about its conduct around Cyclone Gabrielle and the Hawke's Bay flooding.