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Jo Frew is not averse to tapping on the shoulder of students at Lincoln University if she does not recognise the face and feels she should.
Last week two international students joined the Horizons Regional Council’s pest plant team to go on the hunt for bio-control insects.
The Ministry for Primary Industries has confirmed a fourth fruit fly in Grey Lynn and believes it to be part of the same localised population as previous detections.
Entries are now open for the 2015 Rural Bachelor of the Year competition, held in the lead-up to, and during the NZ National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.
According to Agcarm, bee numbers in New Zealand are on the rise and the crop protection industry will work with government and industry to help keep bees healthy.
Two Wanaka students will start the 2015 academic year with a helping hand, after winning the Upper Clutha A&P Society's Agricultural Scholarship.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has launched an investigation in the central Auckland suburb of Grey Lynn after the discovery of a single male Queensland fruit fly on Monday.
A guide to what's on at the 2015 Northland Field Days.
Permanent electric fence power and wireless water level monitoring will be prominent on the Gallagher site at the Northland Field Days.
Four-wheel driving, shooting, sheep racing and shearing and much more: there’ll be lots to do and see at Northland Field Days, February 26-28.
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Northland secondary schoolers will get hands-on experience of quarrying, forestry and farming at the Northland Field Days.
A new ring top post turns the concept of the traditional pigtail standard on its “curly little head,” says maker Gallagher.
Visitors to Northland Field Days machinery, product and information sites will see and hear more than ever this year, say the organisers.
A baler-wrapper combo and new tractor transmission will be a crowd puller on the John Deere site at the Northland Field Days, says agent Cervus Northland manager Tim Ormrod.
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