Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
MPI celebrates 20 years since the birth of its biosecurity detector dog programme with a giant cake at the Christchurch A&P Show today.
Federated Farmers says palm kernel expeller (PKE) is not to be blamed for Indonesian forest fires.
About 200 agribusiness leaders attended a thought-provoking TEDx-styled event which promised to challenge traditional thinking about the future of farming in New Zealand.
A new line of cadmium-resistant potatoes could give New Zealand potato growers a marketing edge.
The up-and-coming leaders of New Zealand's primary sector are frustrated by the lack of collaboration between industry players.
Even with a free trade agreement you can have "enormous challenges" if you don't have authorities on each side of the border supporting the passage of goods, Prime Minister John Key says.
Large passenger vehicles seem to have gone out of favour as the march of the once humble ute seems to move on into suburbia as the macho mover and shaker.
The Claas Axion 800 series currently includes tractors 205-264hp, so a new range topping model – the Axion 870, 295hp – should raise its popularity with large scale operators and contractors.
Meat processor Silver Fern Farms has announced a stronger financial result compared to last year.
Shanghai Maling's investment of $360m into Silver Fern Farms in return for 50% ownership is a game changer into a complex market, says SFF chief executive Dean Hamilton.
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Prime Minister John Key says the decision to reject a Chinese bid for Lochinvar Station was nothing to do with politics.
New Zealand is in the process of renegotiating the free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister John Key says.
New Zealand is in the process of renegotiating the free trade agreement with China, Prime Minister John Key says.
New Zealand's newest dairy plant, making infant formula for the Chinese market, was opened yesterday.
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