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…
Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) chair John McCarthy has stepped down from the role to make way for new leadership of the grassroots farmer group.
Entries for the 2015 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year award span the spectrum of New Zealand’s agriculture industry, says the Lincoln University Foundation.
Federated Farmers is happy with the Government's 30 Year Infrastructure Plan announced yesterday.
The Waikato River Authority has received 57 applications to fund river clean-up projects totaling more than $14 million in its fifth funding round.
Sheep beef farmers are happy that most farms will not be classed as high risk work places and won't be required to have a health and safety representative, following changes to the Health and Safety Reform Bill.
Warren Darling from Timaru knows a bit about growing barley, so much so he broke the Guinness World Record for the crop with 13.8 tonnes/ha in April, with crop harvested on January 23 this year.
Firstly, in my defence, I’m a 1970s petrolhead who knew his way around Cortina, Capri and Weber carburettors no problem, so a trip to the Toyota dealers to pick up a loan Camry Hybrid shouldn’t have been a problem.
Like many engineers, Des James’ early days were focussed on tractors.
Combine harvesters are the final piece of the jigsaw in growing a successful crop.
While the the world’s farm machinery industry is feeling it tough, sitting alongside an agricultural sector that appears to be in the doldrums, it’s encouraging to hear one big company is looking to the future.
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For Len Pickett, working as a St John’s paramedic is the perfect complement to his “other career”, working as a commercial calf rearer, suggests the company that supplies him calf feed – Fiber Fresh.
A collaboration between New Zealand sheep researchers and Chinese red meat producers will benefit both countries’ farming systems, the academics claim.
Massey University vet Peter Wilson has been doubly honoured recently: he was awarded the Deer Farmers Association’s Premier Industry Award, and life membership of the New Zealand Veterinary Association.
A breeding value for ewe body condition score (BCS) will be available to ram breeders by the end of September.
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