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…
Treating dry cows with teat sealant alone may be just as effective as the use of teat sealant and antibiotic dry cow treatment (DCT).
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging UK governments to protect the status of EU veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses who are currently living and working in the UK.
The Food Act came into force on 1 March 2016, focussed on the production of food in New Zealand.
The Silver Fern Farms/Shanghai Maling joint venture proposal is getting nastier the longer it drags out.
The Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) brings together farmers with processing companies, banks and government to improve onfarm productivity.
Drama and dirty fighting are nothing new in the New Zealand meat sector.
A huge swarm of beekeepers settled on Rotorua late in June, celebrating their growing industry's new unity.
If you bring a drone up slowly on cattle you can observe them, but once you chase them with drones they don't forget, says Dr Temple Grandin.
The aging population in agriculture is working against New Zealand, says Lincoln University's Jon Hickford.
Too passive: that's how the Government's chief science advisor Sir Peter Gluckman has described farmers' attitudes to research.
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The timber industry believes the government's announced boost to home construction, through a Housing Infrastructure Fund, needs to have a timber focus.
Books and music company Amazon is moving into food and you can't ignore the power it will have, says Ian Proudfoot, KPMG's global head of agribusiness.
Zespri chairman Peter McBride is challenging employers in the horticulture sector to do more for young people in the industry.
A Polish and EU delegation was in Auckland recently looking at trade partners.
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