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…
Anti-dairying activists should be rejoicing: New Zealand’s milking herd has shrunk for the second year in a row.
Avocado exporters are now determining how to develop a niche market in China following the signing of export protocol by the two countries.
Meat company Silver Fern Farms has poached a top executive from Zespri to be its new chief executive next year.
Federated Farmers says it generally supports the government’s decision to further restrict the sale of New Zealand farmland to overseas buyers.
A proposed $230 million infant formula plant in North King Country is opposed by some local landowners, including a Fonterra leader.
Britain's trade secretary, Dr Liam Fox will not give New Zealand any guarantee on how access for our sheepmeat will be determined when the UK leaves the EU.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson says as a farmer he is angry and disappointed with today's arbitration decision over the false botulism scare in 2013.
Fonterra has lowered its forecast earnings per share following a ruling against it in favour of Danone for $183 million in damages.
The Irwin family -- Geoff, Lee and son Steve -- milk 330 cows on 83ha at Kiwitahi, near Morrinsville, in what Geoff describes as “a relaxed farming system”.
Lincoln Agritech has unveiled an advanced optical nitrate sensor for groundwater which it says will bring a paradigm shift in New Zealand’s groundwater management.
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Welshy contracting is well-known in the South Canterbury region, for 16 years offering no-nonsense earthmoving, site clearance, trenching, directional drilling, vacuum excavation and fencing.
The prospect of having to manage fly populations resistant to poisons is becoming a reality for more New Zealand farmers.
Improving basic animal husbandry and health care in rams would likely increase longevity regardless of breed or strain of breed, a study found.
New research from Massey University suggests that lambs can be successfully weaned lighter and earlier, with benefits for the mother as well.
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