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The Hound likes moves by the Australian government to pass a law that will force animal rights activists to hand over visual evidence of animal cruelty to relevant authorities promptly, instead of delaying its release to bolster emotive, anti-farming media-driven campaigns.
This old mutt reckons Fonterra shareholders council chairman Duncan Coull has done nothing to dispel the oft-heard claim that his group is merely a lapdog of the Fonterra board.
Your old mate understands that while lobby group Fish & Game may have a new head in place it has not changed its anti-farming tune one bit.
Hard on the heels of NZ First’s lack of complaints over the sale of iconic NZ company Icebreaker to US interests, news that multi-national syndicate Craigmore Permanent Crop Ltd Partnership recently bought 17.5ha of kiwifruit orchards in Te Puke did not so much as raise a peep from the bauble-takers.
Goat farmers supplying milk to the Dairy Goat Cooperative (DGC) were paid $18.50/kgMS last year.
Wools of New Zealand plans to offer more shares to growers who have been supporting the Wool Market Development Commitment (WMDC).
Meat co-op Alliance Group has doubled its operating profit to $20.2 million for the year to September 30, 2017.
Telling the real dairy story is crucial in being able to attract the next generation of farm staff, scientists and rural professionals, says DairyNZ consulting officer Anna Arrends.
Westland Milk Products’ (WMP) chief executive says the co-op may in future look beyond the cow in the products it makes.
IrrigationNZ is back on farms this summer testing irrigation systems to help farmers improve the efficiency of their water applications.
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A new strain of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease (calicivirus) is working as well as hoped since its release in Australia last autumn.
The last year has been “one of the most challenging for the New Zealand strong wool industry”, according to Wools of NZ’s latest annual report.
Lincoln University is already working to transform itself as suggested in a hard-hitting report warning it is underperforming in many areas.
Feeding the planet’s growing populace was a centre-stage topic at the World Youth Ag Summit in Brussels, attended by about 100 young people, says New Zealand representative Beth Hampton.
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