Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
I agree with Dr Reisinger (Rural News, March 7, p19) that we need to improve agricultural productivity and reduce food wastage if we are to successfully feed a growing global population.
Farmers are doing well at collecting data, but must now look at how to manage that data and use it to make better on-farm decisions, says dairy farmer and agricultural data expert Hayden Lawrence.
Two key suppliers to the beekeeping industry have merged.
Kingi Smiler, chairman of the Maori dairy company Miraka, which won the inaugural Maori Excellence in Export award He kai kei aku ringa, is proud of what his company has achieved in such a short time.
Fonterra's half-year results make unhappy reading to its 10,500 farmers, many struggling with drought and a precariously low payout.
Your old mate has been around a few years and has seen and heard a few recommendations for reforms of the meat sector.
Many readers of this fine organ have written to us over the years to say what a useless waste of space the Hound is.
Your old mate shook his head in disbelief on hearing an Ashburton farmer was fined $10,000 for removing matagouri bushes without council permission.
Australian beef farmers have markedly reduced their greenhouse gas emissions and water use in the last 30 years, according to a new study.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) remains confident the isolated population of Queensland fruit fly will be eradicated from Auckland.
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Agriculture will remain under increasing scrutiny from regulators and consumers and it is up to the industry to educate them, says Landcorp's general manager of people and capabilities, Anna Cassel-Brown.
The horticulture industry will not have to pay towards the Queensland fruit fly response in Auckland this time – but it will be liable in the future under the Government Industry Agreements.
Dairy Woman of the Year 2015 Katie Milne hopes to use her new profile for the wider good of New Zealand farming.
Retired kiwifruit growers with ‘dry’ shares in Zespri will have seven years to sell these under new proposals in the Kiwifruit Industry Strategy Project.
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