Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Ravensdown have won the Large Business Award at the 2015 Hawkes Bay Chamber of Commerce Awards.
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government's decision not to include agriculture in the scope of the Emissions Trading Scheme review.
Gypsum can at least partially address many hydrological and chemical factors that influence the loss of phosphorus and other nutrients from farms to waterways, says a Canterbury company.
Former Fonterra director Greg Gent says boards of 13 are prehistoric.
A proposal to reduce Fonterra's board to nine has received over 50% support from shareholders.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson has admitted that the co-op has "dropped the ball" when communicating with shareholders.
Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says the co-op must "stay the course" despite market uncertainty.
Two organisations already working together to help grow the apple industry are taking their relationship to a new level in establishing a formal Science, Technology and Business Cooperation Agreement.
Firstly there was GPS and all of a sudden you knew what paddock you were in on the farm, then auto-steering kept you on the straight and narrow cleverly matching up bouts so there were no embarrassing misses.
2016 upgrades to New Holland FR self-propelled foragers include all models having ECO mode.
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Andrew Sidey took out the 2015 Mint Lamb Competition at the Canterbury A&P Show.
Beef + Lamb (B+LNZ) is calling for nominations to stand for two farmer-elected director positions on its board, as well as directors of the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB).
Six young agriculture professionals have been shortlisted for the 2016 Zanda McDonald Award.
Joanne Taylor's rural lifestyle magazine Latitude has won the supreme award at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards held in Nelson on Saturday.
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