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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
Water is vital for plants and trees to grow and New Zealand needs to better mitigate droughts that threaten our domestic supply of fresh fruit and vegetables, Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Mike Chapman says.
Farmers and growers contribute to the quest of eradicating global hunger by providing nutritious food. Their approach to managing pests helps maximise production with finite resources.
Global dairy prices rose in the overnight auction.
ANZCO FOODS is to become 100% owned by its long-time Japanese major shareholder Itoham Foods.
Agricultural training provider Taratahi says its efforts to attract new students have paid off with solid enrolments for 2018.
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has appointed Dr Alison Stewart as its new chief executive.
A FARMING couple recognised for their sustainability practices will be keynote speakers at the 2018 East Coast Farming Expo on April 11 and 12.
Droughts in two South Island districts have now been declared medium-scale adverse events.
Bacterial cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been confirmed on a farm in Ashburton.
Farmers will remember Jim Anderton as a pragmatist who got things done, Federated Farmers President Katie Milne says.
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Fonterra says this season’s milk production will be down 4% compared to last season.
It last happened 60 years ago: the Deep South hosted the final of the NZ Ploughing champs in 1958.
This is a busy time of year on the Mount Beautiful Vineyard, at Spotswood, North Canterbury.
The current meat industry model is “cannibalistic,” says Mike Barton, of Glen Emmreth Farm, near Taupo.
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