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…
Farmers or landowners looking to establish seedbeds quickly might want to take a closer look at the new Maschio Presto disc harrow distributed by Power Farming.
John Deere's Horst factory in the Netherlands has a history of plant protection, designing and manufacturing crop sprayers for at least 70 years.
Austrian machinery maker Pottinger has unveiled what it claims is a new concept in ‘smart’ soil cultivation for its drills in the shape of the Terrasem Wave Disc.
Ageing pregnancy in beef herds has advantages including pasture management, easier mob management and a more uniform crop of calves, says Dr David Moors, Franklin Vets.
Restrictions on advertising of antibiotics will not necessarily lead to a reduction in usage, claim academics.
Does the New Zealand meat industry have a problem in some of our lamb products leaving consumers with a bad taste – namely ram taint?
Your canine crusader sees that the former seed salesman and mouthpiece for failed meat industry ginger group MIE is now going to write a book.
The Hound despairs at the shallow, puddle-like pool of political talent this country puts up as members of Parliament.
Your old mate is not unhappy to hear that the long-time head of Fish & Game – better known in farming circles as Bitch & Complain – is taking his gold watch and stepping down from the hunting and fishing lobby.
Poor old Ali Williams. The former All Black gets caught buying cocaine in Paris and then must face the ignominy not only of losing his career in France, but also the story being reported in New Zealand.
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A recently announced grant from MPI’s Sustainable Farming Fund will pay for the next stage of a biological control project aimed at the invasive weed field horsetail.
Some 200 people turned out recently to a field day at Omapere Rangihamama Trust farm, near Kaikohe in the Far North.
Giving consumers what they want ensures at least two things: that they’ll pay a premium for the product, and that it will sell out.
‘The right to food’ was the focus of a special report to the United Nations general assembly at the beginning of the year.
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