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…
A proposal for a National School of Rural Health (NSRH) by the universities of Auckland and Otago is too little, too late: training of rural doctors needs a totally new approach.
Zespri officially opened its Middle East office in Dubai earlier this week to manage its growing sales and marketing programmes in this region and other developing markets.
The UK’s impending exit from the European Union is one of the most important market access issues NZ meat industry has faced in recent years.
A new tool has been launched to monitor drought in New Zealand’s regions.
The 2017 New Zealand kiwifruit season is underway with the first ship, the Asian Adonis, set to sail to Shanghai this week with 840,000 trays of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit.
ASB has appointed Richard Hegan as general manager of its rural business.
The latest high-power tractor to top the six model Massey Ferguson 8700 series is the new 8740, which hits the magic 400hp mark at rated output and peaks at 407hp.
Heading into the second event at its new home in Kirwee, the South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) is thriving and growing.
Promising something for every visitor to its 600 exhibitor sites, South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) is just around the corner.
It was always going to happen, so no surprise that Harper Adams University, UK is combining all the facets of high-tech agriculture to grow a ‘hands-free hectare’.
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If you can remember tractors like the IH 444, 784 and 885 you’ve probably got a grey hair or two.
The three sheep and beef finalists for this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition have been named.
Most people who have farms dogs will have problems with them in some form or another; a dog will have either a bad habit or an irritating quirk.
The Hound sees that the temporary leader of the Labour Party, Andrew Little, is not averse to employing Trump-like tactics, i.e. making up political claims using ‘alternative facts’.
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