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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
In February the management team at Lincoln University were wringing their hands as the season appeared to be turning to custard, but at the latest field day the tone was much more upbeat.
To call it a perfect storm trivialises the difficulties primary producers are facing in the balance between environment, welfare (human and animal) and economics.
Farmers are anxious about what the health and safety reform will bring and the new challenges that lie on the horizon.
The Hound reckons West Coast MP and Labour’s primary industries spokesman Damian O’Connor made a complete idiot of himself over his ‘support’ during the recent Anzac rugby league test.
Your canine crusader had to giggle when receiving one of those pesky emails/adverts suggesting possible gifts for Mothers’ Day. One particular email from a rural retail supplier offered an alluring array of gifts for mum.
Your old mate hears that a finalist in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy Competition – for the top Maori Sheep and beef farm – had some simple advice for the large number of young Pakeha shepherds attending the field day at Mangaroa Station.
Entries are now open for the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Competition and top butchers are encouraging their peers to enter.
You know something is up in the farming world when three different government agencies are all casting a critical eye over the sector.
The University of Auckland is leading a collaborative project to build multi-purpose robotic systems for orchards.
Rural agribusiness company the Carr Group has further expanded its footprint in the sector in New Zealand.
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Australia's largest dairy co-op has voted to adopt Fonterra’s TAF-style capital structure.
Australian sheep farmers are banking on strong prices lamb in the coming years, but are warning of headwinds.
Waipaoa Station Training Trust is holding an open day on June 6 and 7 as part of its selection of cadets for 2016.
Introducing overseas sheep to New Zealand’s flock has changed the nature of the wool produced here, says Hawkes Bay wool broker Philippa Wright.
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