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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
THE AGRICULTURE-BASED degree courses at Massey have changed and kept pace with the changing demands of the primary sector. If you are bright enough then maybe a career in the agribusiness sector is for you.
DAIRY NZ is concerned some farmers are following cow housing pioneers into such systems, spending millions of dollars, but without thoroughly analysing their options.
FARM SOURCE/RD1 managing director Jason Minkhorst admits you wouldn’t plan to rebrand and reposition Fonterra’s RD1 stores to Farm Source when you have a $5/kgMS payout.
INDEPENDENT DAIRY processor Tatua says its decision to invest in value rather than scale is paying off.
NORTHERN TERRITORY cattle producers have launched a class action over the former Federal Government’s ban on live exports to Indonesia in 2011.
IRISH BEEF farmers are angry about a massive cattle price gap with the UK. Thousands of Irish farmers last week blocked abattoirs for 24 hours – the first such action in 15 years – protesting that they are not seeing the benefit of higher prices paid by UK markets for their produce: there’s a gap of $560 between prices in the UK and Ireland.
RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand (RCNZ) says it endorses recent warnings by Waikato Regional Council (WRC) that agrichemical contractors operating without certification are breaching regulations.
BEEF + LAMB New Zealand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia and Mexico for sheepmeat cooperation.
Lincoln University and Massey University have appointed Mark Williamson as chief executive officer of their joint venture, Agri One.
WE ALL know China makes some crap. But we also know China makes quality items – Apple i-Phones, supertankers, Red Bands and Swandris, to name a few. The trick is knowing which is which.
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FOR ALL the talk about feed efficiency in the sheep industry it’s actually a trait with little science to support it when it comes to grazing animals, a review of the international literature by AgResearch has found.
TWO SEASONS into an investigation of the impact of tailing or docking lambs has prompted further analysis to see if longer tails could increase processing revenue by generating extra product for rendering or sale, says Alliance Group.
THE SHEEP industry’s newest genetics body is revamping the sector’s selection systems to emulate the scale and power of those used in the dairy industry.
FACED WITH a dry seedbed in late spring, what are you going to sow?
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