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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Massey University professor Velmurugu (Ravi) Ravindran has been awarded the New Zealand Society of Animal Production’s McMeekan Memorial Award, the country’s highest honour for a production animal scientist.
Scientists at Massey University have been awarded $480,000 to find out whether vaccinating dairy cattle against the bacterial disease leptospirosis has been fully effective.
There is nothing worse than a dog ‘bolting’ after stock and once it has managed to give you the slip a couple of times it will look for more opportunities.
New Zealand has an excellent reputation for animal welfare, which is further strengthened by the passage of the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill, according to the NZ Veterinary Association (NZVA).
Calf rearing expert and veterinary consultant Dr Bas Schouten responds to comments published by Dr Lucy Waldron about tube feeding of newborn calves.
A company model tackles the farm succession problems common to all New Zealand farmers, says a Rotorua lawyer.
If my recent experience of bidding at local calf sales is anything to go by, calf rearing is enjoying a long-awaited resurgence.
A major dairy conversion, transforming 2500ha of forestry into five farms near Taupo, is on track to start milking on August 1.
The Ballance Farm Environment Awards open farmers to new networks they may not know about says national judging coordinator Andrea Hanna.
Farming in New Zealand in 2015 can be summarised in two words: challenge and opportunity; it is through resilience that the former turns into the later.
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If agriculture is to keep contributing to New Zealand’s economy we must address the issues of productivity and environmental impact.
It appears much of the angst and anger percolating through the farming sector over proposed changes to health and safety regulations may now have eased.
The Hound reckons if you needed any more proof of how much the Greens loathe farming, look at the recent reshuffling of its portfolio responsibilities.
This old mutt reckons you are never as good as your obituaries make you out to be, and the recent untimely death of former Fonterra chief and agribusinessman Craig Norgate reminded your old mate of this.
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