Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
FEDERATED FARMERS is asking whoever forms the next government for an additional $600 million investment into science research and innovation over the next three years.
WITH THE second season of black-grass operations about to begin, continued vigilance this spring and summer will be crucial to stop the noxious weed from establishing in Mid-Canterbury, says the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
ENTERING THE Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards was a great way for Matamata sharemilkers Phil and Kim Dykzeul to find out how their operation stacked up on environmental sustainability.
NOMINATIONS ARE open for the kiwifruit industry's Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal.
TARATAHI AGRICULTURAL Training Centre is now delivering agricultural programmes in the Auckland region, from Unitec's campus.
IF WE DON'T look after all natural pollinators, particularly the honey bee, we could see economic and social collapse, says John Hartnell, Federated Farmers Bees chairperson and a Christchurch-based exporter of bee products.
TARATAHI AGRICULTURAL Training Centre has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Rural Technology Development Centre (CRTD).
FEDERATED FARMERS believes National's $100m freshwater fund policy could vastly improve water quality outcomes, having worked with DairyNZ to analyse it.
WAIKATO FARM consultant Sharlene Charleston is the first to achieve accreditation under a new people management certification scheme launched last month at the NZIPIM's annual conference.
IMPROVED BROADBAND and cloud software are set to help farmers better manage their businesses, says farm management software firm CRS Software, Masterton.
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THE WINE industry is on track to become a $2 billion export business by the end of 2020, says New Zealand Winegrowers chairman Steve Green.
NO DOUBT you’ve seen the kicking Aussie and American wool got recently when an old video flashed around the world.
RECENT MONTHS have seen many articles (eg Rural News, August 19) on the need to solve the methane emissions problem of livestock. There have even been calls to cease consumption of ruminant protein altogether.
FUNGICIDE RESISTANCE means a change to disease control strategies in cereals will likely be needed this spring but while disease risk has increased, the answer is unlikely to be spray earlier, the Foundation for Arable Research says.
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