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…
West Coast dairy farmer Graham Berry will soon push a button to start generating electricity that will power his farm and supply the national grid.
The October school holidays saw 92 young people aged 16–18 from around the North Island participating in Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre's 'Taster' courses on Wairarapa, Taranaki and Waikato campuses.
The 5100 bales of South Island wools on offer this week through the Wool Services International auction saw strong competition and a 90.5% clearance.
Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.
Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.
Lochinver Station has been sold to privately owned New Zealand farming group Rimanui Farms Ltd.
The forestry industry has become the sixth industry group to join the Government Industry Agreement (GIA) biosecurity partnership.
IrrigationNZ has launched its first-ever annual snapshot of New Zealand's irrigation sector at today's AGM.
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This old mutt has long been suspicious of a group of water zealots in South Canterbury known as the Opihi Catchment Environmental Protection Society (OCEPS).
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The Republican presidential front-runner who appears to wear a dead possum on his head – Donald Trump – has finally managed to get agriculture into the US political debate, but not in a good way.
The Hound suggests that something very fishy has been going on at the Hawkes Bay branch of 'Bitch & Complain' (Fish & Game) that warrants deeper investigation.
The Hound reckons the bureaucrats of MBIE, who among other things have responsibility for employment -- but also the unemployed, or is it unemployable? -- are themselves so unemployable that...
The Government has set a target to increase the value of New Zealand's food sector exports from $25 billion to $60b, meaning there will be an additional 50,000 jobs in the primary sector by 2025.
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OPINION: A mate of yours truly has had an absolute gutsful of the activist group SAFE.
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