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WAIKATO POLICE are urging land owners to check the integrity of their fences and gates and motorists to ensure their vehicles are up to warrant of fitness standard following a number of crashes and near misses last week.
ANALYTICAL TESTING laboratory, Hill Laboratories, has appointed Dr Bart Challis as its new agricultural divisional manager.
ACC WILL be talking with farmers in several key rural areas next month, to help get a better understanding of the work farmers do, and the challenges they face in their day-to-day activities on the farm.
A UNIVERSITY of Otago study of the first stages of Varroa infestation and its consequences on bees and viruses in New Zealand will provide important insights for future management of threatened bee populations world-wide.
IMPROVED BROADBAND and cloud software is set to radically enhance farmer's ability to manage their farming business in the next 3-5 years, says farm management software company CRS Software.
TWO MACHINE shearers, a woolhandler and a blades shearer have been accorded Master status by Shearing Sports New Zealand.
THE 2014 Rural Women NZ/Access Homehealth scholarship has been awarded to Bay of Plenty nurse Ellen Walker.
THERE ARE few things Kiwis wish to liken with our cousins across the ditch, but a recent published study out of Australia has shown our toddlers are not the only ones who aren't eating enough iron-rich red meat.
THE NORTH Island auction this week comprised 8,315 bales, of which there was a clearance of 95%, John Dawson. New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager reports
PROMISING FINDINGS of a Landcare Research sediment report have been delivered to Horizons Regional councillors.
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FEDERATED FARMERS is shocked, but unsurprised, rustlers have targeted sheep on Auckland's Cornwall Park.
DRY CONDITIONS in the northern North Island and continued land use change in the South Island saw New Zealand's sheep numbers decrease 3.2% over the 2013-14 season, while beef cattle numbers increased 1.6%.
BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) is joining forces with the Federation of Maori Authorities (FoMA) to ramp up support for Maori sheep and beef farmers.
AN ANALYSIS of profit data shows farmers receive $4 return for every dollar spent on professional farm consultants.
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