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Well it's all over for another year. The tents and flagpoles have been taken down, the bark and mulch have been swept up and flogged off to the local garden centres: that was Fieldays 2015.
Toplink Machinery has added the Samasz range of grassland machinery to its stable at Te Awamutu.
Our lives seem to revolve around smartphones and tablets, so the recent launch of a useful app by AGCO will hit the mark with the techies out there.
Fodder beet has seen a surge of interest, particularly in the South Island and, with this growth, importers have introduced machines for planting, harvesting and feeding.
A group of stock agents and meat processors have agreed to work with Federated Farmers and the Rural Support Trust to help farmers affected by the drought.
The chair of the Maori dairy company Miraka, Kingi Smiler, says his company is more resilient in lower payout years than Fonterra.
The winner of the Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of Year, Craig Ward (26), says from early childhood he wanted a career in horticulture.
A ‘Proud to be a Farmer’ campaign is to be launched by a group of influential New Zealand and Australian livestock primary producers.
Speaking to Rural News after his SIDE speech, Sir Ray Avery said he thinks the whole dairy industry is too “product focussed”.
Don't accept a second-rate health service just because you live in a rural area, delegates at last week’s South Island Dairy Event heard.
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If there was one take-home message from the first day of last week’s South Island Dairy Event it was the need to plan.
There are reports of more than 2000 slips on roads alone and countless more on farms, plus 25 road closures and a dozen farms underwater in the area covered by the Horizons Regional Council.
Federated Farmers is pleased at the decision to allow Ruataniwha Dam go ahead with some amendments to the conditions around nutrient management.
Horticulture could be the star performer in the primary sector this year. Horticulture NZ outgoing chief executive Peter Silcock says horticulture is in a very strong position.
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