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…
Not long ago the humble quad was the main means of getting around the farm.
The end of winter means Dung Beetle Innovations' (DBI) rearing facilities are coming to life.
An Alpine Pork sausage from Countdown has been announced New Zealand's top sausage at today's grand final of the Devro New Zealand Sausage Competition.
A New Zealand company reckons it has come up with a product for preventative treatment of parasites in R1 cattle.
Forty years of genetic progress and a large recorded breeding database gives the Wairarapa Romney Improvement Group (WRIG) an edge, the group claims.
Making the switch from dairying to bull farming several years ago was not the shift all Bruce Kinloch's neighbours would have considered, says Rumensin supplier Elanco.
Federated Farmers is welcoming the arrest of a dual Filipino/New Zealand national on suspicion of facilitating fraud.
Roger Tweeds runs 2300 Romney ewes and 200 hoggets on his 300ha farm near Lawrence, Central Otago.
Southdown breeder Chris Medlicott says farmers too often focus on the price per lamb instead of the return on kilograms of dry matter eaten.
John McFadzean has farmed in Wairarapa all his life and is a staunch supporter of the Southdown as a terminal sire.
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Six months out from the inaugural East Coast Farming with Technology Expo (ECFwT), the organiser has launched the event's website and begun registering exhibitors.
Will wetlands become the new weapon enabling farmers to combat nutrient losses onfarm?
Two long-serving IrrigationNZ board members will stand down at next month's IrrigationNZ AGM.
Diplomatic representatives speaking yesterday in Auckland believe there is a strong chance of global agreement in the upcoming climate negotiations in Paris in December.
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