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OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
Farmers are claiming a victory in their fight against new Accredited Employment Work Visa (AEWV) changes announced by the Government last month.
The 2024 FMG Young Farmer of the Year Region-off is underway.
Voting is underway for Farmlands director elections with six candidates vying for two vacant positions.
Farmers and politicians will battle it out at Gisborne this Saturday – on a sports field and all in the name of charity.
A Taranaki dairy farmer received four-month home detention and was disqualified from overseeing of animals for 18 months over a lack of feed and welfare which led to some animals being euthanised.
Case IH's introduction of AFS Connect, an option for its high horsepower tractor ranges, has now been rolled out across its popular Puma models.
According to numbers sourced from national authorities, 151,800 tractors were registered across Europe in 2023, of which 26,200 tractors (17%) were 37kW (50 hp) and under and 131,900 (83%) were 38kW and above.
New Zealand’s major primary industry exporters have secured shipping capability to export $160 billion worth of products over the next 10 years.
Carrfields has launched a new partnership with Waikato-based Piako Tractors, where the latter will become the exclusive retailer and service provider of the German Horsch brand throughout the upper North Island.
An elite Holstein Friesian bull, Farside M Illustrious S3F, has been inducted into the "Hall of Fame", an honour exclusively reserved for animals that have delivered a significant contribution to the dairy industry.
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The chair of the largest Māori kiwifruit growing operation in NZ, Ratahi Cross, says his organisation is on the mend a year on from its Hawke's Bay operation being severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
People are starting to question the viability of sheep and beef farming as profitability in that sector falls to one of its all-time lows, according to Federated Farmers board member and Gisborne sheep and beef farm, Toby Williams.
With the copper network being phased out within the decade, New Zealand needs a long-term approach to ensure rural Kiwis aren't left behind when it comes to connectivity. Anna Mitchell, executive general manager of Fibre Frontier at Chorus, explains the potential of the right connectivity for the rural sector.
OPINION: Good news for hunters as Forest & Bird have "paused" legal action against the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation and agreed conservation work can continue without the extermination of wapiti.
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