Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
ZESPRI IS launching a new graduate recruitment scheme to attract top young talent into the kiwifruit industry.
FEDERATED FARMERS commends Environment Southland for listening to the concerns of hill and high country farmers, and delaying notification of the proposed Hill and High Country Development Plan Change.
HERD IMPROVEMENT company, Liberty Genetics, has released 10 years of breeding worth (BW) statistics on its Jersey, Friesian and Crossbred bull teams.
TEENAG PARTICIPANTS, Alisha Frost from Kamo High School and Deana Barfoote from Tauraroa Area School have been awarded a fully sponsored student exchange to Nambour State High School, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, by the Whangarei A&P Society.
A BIOSECURITY dog has started her sniffing career in style – her detection work resulting in a Vietnamese air passenger being denied entry to New Zealand and later sent home.
AFTER A fierce day of competition Mitchel Hoare and Alex Reekers have earned top scores in the preliminary round of the World Young Shepherds Challenge.
SEVEN ORGANISATIONS have been to submit proposals to host the Food Safety Science and Research Centre.
DAVID KIDD of the organisation's Northern region is the 2014 ANZ Young Farmer Contest Champion.
FEDERATED FARMERS new president Dr William Rolleston says the organisation is a "broad church' which must represent the views of all its members.
HORTICULTURE NEW Zealand is looking forward to a time when all regional councils will manage their waterways in the same way, thanks to the release of the new National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management.
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AUSTRALIAN RED meat farmers have a new market information tool – a smartphone app.
UK SHEEP farmers are expecting a good season for domestically produced lamb, according to their industry-good organisation Eblex.
PRIMARY ITO has run its first shearing workshop, at Brownrigg Agriculture Farm, Hawke’s Bay, following its return to wool industry training.
ELDERS RURAL Services NZ is now 100% NZ-owned following its purchase by the Ashburton family-owned agribusiness company Carr Group, effective August 1.
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