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OPINION: Your old mate's ear has been chewed off recently by farmers voicing their displeasure with the National Party, particularly…
HOW MUCH use a lymph test would be in New Zealand is doubtful, says a vet coordinating work on controlling the disease in cattle here.
NEW STRATEGIES for targeted treatment to control scour worms (Trichostrongylus spp.) in sheep are being developed in Australia to avoid drench resistance.
WHEN RURAL News reviewed the 2011 Honda TRX500, we commented that it was a subtle evolution of the old model, the list of changes being relatively modest.
EUROPEAN-MADE SIP 800 triple mower-conditioners, after two seasons, are still running up to speed for Waikato business Reymer Ag Contractors, reports the distributor Webbline.
FOR MOST dairy farmers, maintenance on the milking shed won’t be top of mind just yet.
PRICES REMAINED firm overall at the South Island wool sale this week, says WSI general manager, John Dawson.
MASSEY FERGUSON says its new MF 9407S telescopic handler specifically suits farming.
PLANT & Food Research, in partnership with NZ Hops and Chris Little Engineering, have formally opened a new research brewery at the company's Motueka site.
The 'Hop Lab' has been designed to allow the hops breeding team the ability to create experimental trial brews from promising new hop cultivars in order to evaluate sensory characteristics.
EBOLA IS hitting agricultural activities in affected West Africa countries, raising food security fears.
FARMERS COULD extract 20% more value from their fertiliser spend by using their fertiliser contractors' TracMap TracLink system more effectively, says the company's managing director Colin Brown.
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RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand is questioning the high cost of machinery and parts that contractors and farmers are currently paying.
OVER 43% of sheep farmers have already voted in the Wool Levy Referendum, which is higher than the total voter return in the 2009 referendum, which was 39%.
By Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson
ELEVEN POST-HARVEST operators including one representing five companies have written an open letter to the Prime Minister opposing the $885 million 'The Kiwifruit Claim' class action.
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