Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Free information seminars to be held across the Canterbury region this month are aimed at giving beef, deer and sheep farmers an insight into the latest systems and technologies that could raise their profit.
A little co-operation from the weather may be all the Canterbury A&P Association needs for its 154th Canterbury Show to be a bumper event.
Drainage has for many hundreds of years has sorted out the problem of too much water in paddocks.
Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says this morning’s strong rise in global dairy prices is a morale booster for farmers.
A range of factors including currency fluctuations, a weak and volatile outlook for lamb and wool, plus the impact of drought and facial eczema, will impact on sheep and beef farmer profitability this season.
Drench resistance is real, already widespread on sheep farms and heading in the same direction wherever cattle are farmed, says Beef and Lamb NZ.
WorkSafe’s data from 2015 shows that experienced farmers carrying out routine jobs with vehicles are getting caught out.
Ireland’s largest university is encouraging its dairy business undergraduates to get work experience in New Zealand, and students say the event is a highlight of their four year degree course.
Despite the wet weather, kiwifruit vine killing bacteria Psa has surprisingly been less active so far this spring.
Agriculture is back in fashion, says the head of Massey University’s Institute of Agriculture & Environment, Professor Peter Kemp.
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Reaction to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment's report has been positive.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment report highlights that this issue is not as simple as whether agriculture is in or out of the ETS.
The future of the controversial Ruataniwha water storage dam in central Hawkes Bay is in limbo, following the recent local body election.
In mid-September T&G launched what it believes is the world’s first online ordering platform for the wholesale produce sector.
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