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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Three Massey science and agriculture students have been working with the Horizons Regional Council as part of the council’s Sustainable Land Use Initiative (SLUI) scholarship.
The small township of Hawarden in North Canterbury had a significant boost to its population on Friday 13 February when 400 people crowded the local hall for the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year winner’s field day.
Rob Hewett and Fiona Hancox have been elected to the Silver Fern Farms’ Board of Directors.
The two new trustees appointed to the New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust bring plenty of experience and enthusiasm to the table.
ANZ is extending its assistance package to farmers anywhere in New Zealand affected by extreme dry conditions.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has today officially declared the drought conditions on the east coast of the South Island as being a medium-scale adverse event.
In a first-of-its-kind for New Zealand, Lincoln University is hosting an international conference on food science and technology.
Lincoln University farm management and agribusiness lecturer Guy Trafford is so convinced about the opportunities sheep milk presents he plans to manufacture his own ice cream from it.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the findings of an independent report into the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) by the Office of the Auditor-General.
Steve Henderson is the first Grand Finalist to be named in the 2015 ANZ Young Farmer Contest.
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Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse has welcomed the launch of the government's Safer Farms programme.
National Lamb Day will be held next Sunday, February 15, with this year marking the 133rd anniversary of one of the most significant milestones in New Zealand's sheep meat industry.
Organisers of the first ever Hilux New Zealand Rural Games confirmed it will become an annual event after attracting more than 7500 spectators to Queenstown over the Waitangi holiday weekend.
It is time to end reliance on the current property-value based rating system says Federated Farmers.
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