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 special press conference with the Minister for Primary Industries, at Parliament, and a look at research projects at Massey University.
Sheep and beef farm inputs were down 2.2% in the past year according to the latest onfarm inflation report, and last week two key fertiliser companies announced price drops.
New Zealand's blueberry industry is celebrating record production this season.
Plenty of "positivity" in sectors of NZ agriculture has offset the effects of the dairy downturn and difficulties in South America for PGG Wrightson (PGW), says CEO Mark Dewdney.
Fat is back for lambs: we may have gone too far towards leaness, claims a senior scientist with AgResearch's animal genomics team, Tricia Johnson.
The application of automation and robotics in the primary sector will be a hot topic at this year's New Zealand Horticulture Conference.
Waikato companies Power Farming and the Good George Brewing Company got together during Fieldays...
Venison exporters and Deer Industry NZ (DINZ) are promoting new cuts to chefs to increase returns from the whole deer carcass and to help keep venison on restaurant menus.
Horticulture New Zealand has welcomed a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority to allow the release of the bug Tamarixia.
The Amarok 'Aventura' model will hit New Zealand at the end of the year and ought to make it onto the big 'must have' list.
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A $21 million wool research partnership may go public on a new product or products from wool within the next six to 12 months that will use millions of tonnes of wool.
Complacency and inability to keep up with the pace of change in the world is a huge threat facing the New Zealand primary sector, says KPMG.
Ireland is warning New Zealand that it might be caught up in political and economic fallout if Britain decides to leave the European Union.
Fonterra's plan to revamp its board failed to attract sufficient support from farmer shareholders because it had "two fatal flaws", say opponents.
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