When someone learns the skills to drive a big, expensive piece of farm machinery, a whole world of opportunity opens up.

When the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASWA) came into force two years ago there were misgivings and nervousness in the rural sector. 

Minister for Rural Communities and Agriculture Damien O’Connor last week at Fieldays launched his new Rural Proofing Policy – with great fanfare.

Your old mate hears that animal rights advocates walked out of a recent Government-led hui after representatives of groups they oppose also attended the meeting.

The Hound notes this very special year for the Society Fieldays: celebrating the event’s 50th birthday.

A mate of The Hound reckons that while Fish & Game (Bitch & Complain) is quick to point the finger at the farming community about water quality, it should be looking in its own backyard at the issue of plastic cartridge wadding.

For the first time in years, Rural News – and other media – were not invited to the launch of KPMG’s Agribusiness Agenda document at Fieldays.

Genuine innovation in the agriculture sector tends to come out of smaller, not larger, companies, says the managing director of a New Zealand agri-technology company.

Alliance Group has shipped its first big meat consignment in vacuum skin tray packaging to Hong Kong.

A Timaru wool-broker has been elected the youngest-ever president of the Canterbury A&P Association.

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