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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…
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.
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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NORTHLAND DAIRY farmers are recovering after storms that battered the region in July.
ENTERING THE Enterprising Rural Women Awards 2014 can help women looking for new ways to promote their small rural business.
WAIKATO REGIONAL Council's biosecurity group manager John Simmons has won annual PC Nelson Memorial Award from the Biosecurity Institute, a professional body for those working in the biosecurity sector.
THE HIGH Court has rejected an appeal by four companies and four individuals who were convicted and fined $601,900 for selling visiting Asian tourists imported alpaca goods as "Made in New Zealand", and making claims that duvets were 100% alpaca or merino wool when they were not.
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