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…
JCB’s new Fastrac 8330 is now officially the world’s fastest production tractor, capable of a legal road speed of 70km/h.
Rising prospects for sheepmeat make it worth spending money on flock health, says animal health company Boehringer Ingelheim.
Early detection of neonatal calf diarrhoea (NCD) is top of mind for the winner of the National Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship.
A farm near Christchurch has been fined $45,000 by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for exploiting ‘volunteer’ workers, following a Labour Inspectorate investigation.
New Zealand's new national ambassadors for sustainable farming and growing, Mark and Catriona White, are getting better-than-average production out of their kiwifruit operation using organic farming methods.
OPINION: The Good Farming Practice Action Plan for Water Quality shows tangibly that the primary sector and local and central government intend to work together to enhance streams and rivers.
When someone learns the skills to drive a big, expensive piece of farm machinery, a whole world of opportunity opens up.
When the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) came into force two years ago there were misgivings and nervousness in the rural sector.
Minister for Rural Communities and Agriculture Damien O’Connor last week at Fieldays launched his new Rural Proofing Policy – with great fanfare.
Your old mate hears that animal rights advocates walked out of a recent Government-led hui after representatives of groups they oppose also attended the meeting.
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The Hound notes this very special year for the Society Fieldays: celebrating the event’s 50th birthday.
A mate of The Hound reckons that while Fish & Game (Bitch & Complain) is quick to point the finger at the farming community about water quality, it should be looking in its own backyard at the issue of plastic cartridge wadding.
For the first time in years, Rural News – and other media – were not invited to the launch of KPMG’s Agribusiness Agenda document at Fieldays.
Genuine innovation in the agriculture sector tends to come out of smaller, not larger, companies, says the managing director of a New Zealand agri-technology company.
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