Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew has welcomed a new Bill to increase the data protection period for agricultural compounds and veterinary medicines in New Zealand.
The ranks of Ballance shareholders continue to grow with latest signings of more than 1000 new members bringing shareholder numbers up to a record 19,253.
Fertiliser cooperative Ravensdown continues to bounce back from the abyss, after its latest annual result and rebate announcement.
Prime Minister John Key has officially opened Zespri’s new sales and marketing hub in Singapore, which has been set up to manage the kiwifruit industry’s growth.
Ravensdown is welcoming the overhaul of the Overseer nutrient modelling tool.
Iconic Kiwi clothing company Swanndri has committed to source its wool from The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) as it grows its market share domestically and overseas.
Whether it be feeding the calves after school or docking lambs, working on the family farm is a quintessential rural New Zealand right of passage for many kiwi kids.
There is just four weeks to go before the Global Youth Ag-Summit takes place in Canberra, Australia.
A new package of biosecurity measures is due to be implemented at international airports by December says MPI.
NZWSI’s general manager, John Dawson says that a continuing upward trend at today’s South Island wool sale saw prices increase.
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As farmers and contractors seek more efficiencies, we see average horsepower climbing while implements get wider, longer or heavier. The biggest change in the last decade is the increase in tractor speeds.
With tractor sales for the first half of 2015 down 17% on the same period in 2014, the Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) sees strong prospects for a recovery long term.
Pottinger has introduced upgrades from the large trailed HIT tedder series to smaller 8-rotor models with working widths of up to 8.86m.
Versatile has a good pedigree when it comes to building tractors.
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