Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Massey University is living the ‘future of farming’ theme at National Fieldays this year with robots, future foods artificially intelligent farm assistants, and a focus on health and wellbeing.
Sustainability remains a key focus for the National Fieldays, says NZ Fieldays Society chief executive Peter Nation.
Dairy farmers running pasture-based systems on the coast of California have adapted their practice to produce organic milk.
Farmers need to ask themselves how often they have loaded onto a truck an animal they would not be happy eating, says Nuffield scholar David Kidd.
OPINION: Most farmers would be surprised to learn there is no evidence that New Zealand agriculture is warming the planet.
It came as no surprise in the news this month that farmers following the regenerative path use photosynthesis to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and replace it with life-giving oxygen.
It was a headline that should remind all of us about the risks of asking our staff or ourselves to work very long hours.
The joint decision by the Government and industry to implement a $886 million plan to try to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis is a brave one, as there is no guarantee of success.
The Hound is sorry to learn of the imminent demise of rural publications and the journalists covering the sector, given Stuff’s (formerly Fairfax) recent decision to cease publishing its rural titles later this month.
Your canine crusader has been intrigued by the very poor mainstream media coverage of the Mycoplasma bovis issue.
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The Hound has always believed the multinational, former tax-dodging, eco-terrorist group Greenpeace to be suspect in the way it behaves – especially towards the farming sector.
Your old mate hears that with this year’s National Fieldays just around the corner, the organisation’s big boss Peter Nation has recently returned from a fact-finding mission to Disneyland – to find out how things work at the wonderful world of Disney.
Beingmate is very close to appointing a chief executive officer, says Fonterra’s chief executive Theo Spierings.
Beef + Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor reckons NZ sheep and beef farmers, as a sector, have an opportunity to be world-leading stewards of the natural environment and sustainable communities.
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