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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
WorkSafe is urging farmers to focus on keeping kids safe on the farm over the summer holidays.
Chris Claridge loves his potatoes.
A Manawatu dairy farmer has taken a major step to bridge the rural urban gap with the design of his new $1.5 million, 54 bail rotary dairy shed.
A field trip to a dairy farm and Massey University agri science facilities has helped change the attitudes of a group of postgraduate Massey journalism students.
As far as farming nightmares go, finding an invasive biosecurity pest on your farm ranks up there with the worst of them.
Another year has almost passed us by – again – and it is time for the annual review of 2015's good, bad and ugly in regards to the primary sector as seen by the Rural News editorial team...
A combination of factors have given wool cheques a lift and helped to balance sheep farmers' incomes, says Kaikoura wool producer and industry representative Derrick Millton.
Zespri's SunGold or G3, has been named as fruit and vegetable product of the year by Lebensmittel Praxis, one of Germany's most important grocery trade publications.
The Waikato River Authority is contributing $828,000 in its latest funding round towards the development and implementation of the Waikato-Waipa restoration strategy.
Agriculture is high on his agenda as new Trade Minister Todd McClay attends the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Twenty-four new biosecurity detector dog teams graduated from their training last week — the biggest ever boost to MPI's sniffing force.
A report on the state of New Zealand soils has expressed great concern about the disproportionate amount of high-quality land being used for urban development.
If imported frozen berries caused the five recent cases of Hepatitis A, these must have been contaminated during handling, claims a scientific expert.
A farm manager has been awarded reparations of $50,000 after a 2012 quad bike crash at work.
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