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NZ underperforming in branding

New Zealand is underperforming in branding its food products, says an academic who visited recently.

The quad-undrum - Editorial

Hardly a week goes by without another report of a quad accident on a farm. And those are only the reported ones; never mind those in which the riders escape serious injury and nothing is ever said or done.

Nice touch!

A mate of yours truly says he has recently noticed how the Fonterra tankers, seen driving up and down the country, are displaying a large ANZAC poppy on their grills.

Bad timing

Your canine crusader reckons fertiliser company Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ new chief executive David Wynne may need to improve his timing.

Something in the water?

Your old mate wonders if there’s something in the water that’s caused the recent raft of departures – some sudden – of many top executives in the agri sector.

Glammy whammy

The Hound reckons there must be a whole lot of red (which is appropriate) faces at the red meat promotion agency Beef + Lamb NZ after its major SNAFU in this year’s Golden Lamb Awards (The Glammies).

NZ has a ‘rock star’ lifestyle – thanks to farming

Jacqueline Rowarth, professor of agribusiness, The University of Waikato.

At the beginning of April, the Social Progress Index was released ranking New Zealand 5th of 133 countries, accounting for 94% of the global population.

Four tonnes a first for ryegrass

Record ryegrass: FAR’s Richard Chynoweth was one of seven speakers at FAR’s recent autumn results meetings.

For the first time in FAR trials ryegrass seed yields have topped 4t/ha.

Now is the time to decide on hogget breeding

April is the month when farmers need to make the final decision about hogget breeding for the year.

Is Wakanui’s reign starting to wane?

Torch is up there on yield but leaf rust ratings have changed, FAR’s Rob Craigie told growers.

While feed wheat variety Wakanui still tops the tables for four year adjusted mean yield in Canterbury, a couple of newer cultivars are nipping at its heels.