Wrong focus
OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
Ballance Agri-Nutrients is offering fixed price nitrogen to farmer shareholders from September.
A Hawke’s Bay fruit and vegetable grower has described the Government’s plan to review regulations around genetic modification as rushed.
Horticulture export revenue is expected to reach a record $7.1 billion in the year to 30 June 2024 and is rapidly heading towards $8 billion.
Wool carpet and rug manufacturer Bremworth says it’s emerging from a period of significant transformation, rebuilding from damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle and moving away from synthetics to the production of wool carpets and rugs.
While the new Coalition Government sorts out the previous administrations’ emissions policy, emerging UK technology companies are indicating where things might be heading.
Italian tractor manufacturer Argo Tractors, builders of the McCormick, Landini and Valpadana marques, has opened a new factory to develop and manufacture transmissions for those brands.
Recently Landpower and Claas Harvest Centre unveiled the Claas Xerion 12 series high-horsepower tractor, ending the wait for the much-vaunted model in Australia and New Zealand.
At least one in three Kiwi sheep farms has triple drench resistance, according to the latest drench efficacy testing undertaken by Techion.
With reports that sales are down significantly, no doubt driven by higher cost and lower returns, it follows that accurate spreading of any product being used is a must.
Growers can now access information from the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) within seconds, thanks to generative AI technology.
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Kate Scott has been appointed the next chief executive officer of Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ).
OPINION: I was down in the Wairarapa just recently meeting up with some good friends of many years. A businessman colleague of one of the guys joined us at a local restaurant for lunch.
OPINION: When Groundswell showed up in the 'advocacy hub' at Fieldays alongside the same groups that brought you He Waka Eke Noa, the Hound feared the ginger group had been brought into the woke fold and given the old rubber ring.
OPINION: With things in NZ as tight as they are, your old mate is astounded the coalition Governmnt hasn't yet dumped the eternal underperformer Landcorp and put the $2 billion investment to better use.
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OPINION: There's an infamous term coined by a US general during the Vietnam war, specifically in reference to the battle…
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