Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Rare breeds sheep farmer Daniel Wheeler is hoping someone will dob in the thieves responsible for slaughtering five of his rare Campbell Island ewes in their grazing paddock on the outskirts of Christchurch.
Australia's red meat industry will not repent about new television advertising for lamb that has some Christians and Hindus up in arms.
The Mega Cow on Morrinsville’s Thames Street was a fitting location for around 500 farmers and rural folk who had had enough of the negativity generated in recent weeks by campaigning political parties, and the threat of water and carbon taxes to sort environmental problems out.
The Labour Party’s water tax policy is “pretty short on details,” and the farming sector needs to have input into a final plan, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
DairyNZ has three key priorities for the next government.
The red meat sector has eight key priorities and believes the next government can play a key role in bringing about positive change.
Two properties in Otorohanga, King Country, have been found infected with the fungal plant disease myrtle rust.
Forget about a trifecta of looming taxes, it’s a "pick six", says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Chris Lewis.
Make sure you get the necessary qualifications or credentials in considering challenging for leadership or governance roles, says the winner of the rural section of the Women of Influence awards, Nicola Shadbolt.
Farmers having trouble selling stock because of fears over Mycoplasma bovis are unlikely to see any compensation unless they are directly affected by Ministry for Primary Industries controls.
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Tools such as Farm IQ and other farming data collection tools are increasingly important to sheep producers, Blake Holgate believes.
Growing more lambs in the shoulder season is among proposals for maximising the value of New Zealand lamb in a new report from Rabobank.
As the reality of Brexit takes hold in Ireland, major structural changes are taking place.
Irish Farmers Association (IFA) president Joe Healy says Ireland will closely watch what might happen to New Zealand’s lamb quota exports to the EU in the light of Brexit.
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