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…
The East Coast Farming Expo will continue as planned.
The Government should not switch off life support for New Zealand’s umbrella rural health organisation, says Federated Farmers president Katie Milne says.
A bespoke Giltrap high capacity trailer was essential for the remodel of Mullerwhero Farming's 265ha, 830 cow farm near Otorohanga.
Taupo dairy farmer and 2018 Dairy Community Leadership Award winner Kylie Leonard says the dairy industry is in her heart and soul.
Regional winners of the Dairy Industry Awards have been announced and the eleven regional winners will square off for the national titles in Invercargill next month.
Given the success of the previous model, the new Gaspardo Gigante Pressure no-till pneumatic seed drill should expand its presence in New Zealand farming.
Grimme launched its 4-row self-propelled Varitron potato harvester in 2011 and now a second-generation machine – 435hp, rubber tracks and a 7-tonne non-stop bunker as standard.
New Zealand’s umbrella rural health organisation will move to shut down if it does not receive government funding next week.
Liver fluke can cause major losses in production, often with few direct clinical signs evident, meaning that farmers don’t recognise the impact on their properties – particularly in bad fluke years.
Phosphorus deficiencies in cattle fed on fodder beet are “spectacularly easy” to deal with, says Lincoln University senior lecturer in livestock health and production Dr Jim Gibbs.
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Fodder beet has dramatically changed the beef industry, says Brent Fisher of the Silverstream Charolais stud, Greenpark.
The East Coast Farming Expo has secured its place on the region’s rural event calendar with three key sponsors giving their support to the 2018 event.
Robust talk about the environment will be on the agenda at the East Coast Farming Expo, whose organisers will shine a light on this hotly debated aspect of farming.
Another Autumn season is fading away with all the challenges of maintaining good staff mostly behind us. Yet Rural Contractors NZ is again having to prove its case for importing some of the people we need to drive our machinery in the coming spring.
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