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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
VODAFONE WILL demonstrate the future of rural mobile technology at the National Fieldays, with visitors to its site able to experience rural 4G using 700MHz spectrum.
A WEATHER forecast tailored for individual farms is being unveiled by NIWA at the New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek near Hamilton this week.
SHEEP FARMERS have the opportunity to create momentum off the back of improving wool prices, says Sandra Faulkner, chairman of the Wool Levy Group.
WHEN stock agents and farmers head to livestock sales in Gisborne, Wairoa and Rangiuru, they count on seeing Barrie Gordon.
THE NEW Zealand kiwifruit industry must not be lost to overseas interests, says Neil Richardson, leader of a group mapping an industry long-term strategy.
Fairfax wasn’t alone, of course. All its metro-based brethren took the low road. The TV One News website lit up with “Fonterra has cut its forecast 2014 milk payout… and expects the payout for the 2015 season to tumble to $7/kgMS.”
A RECENT enforcement order by the Environment Court should be a timely warning for dairy farmers to ensure their effluent management systems meet required standards and are capable of coping with farm expansion.
SOLID BUSINESS management and attention to detail is behind the success of the winners of Silver Fern Farms, Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year 2014.
SPLITTING EWES into an A and B flock is quite common but are you reaping all the possible rewards from such a strategy?
“A lot of people use it just to get livestock through, not worrying about growth rate, but that’s a very expensive way to use feed because you’re not getting any production off that feed.”
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DISCOVERY OF a bacteria-derived protein that can almost completely eliminate intestinal worms from infected pigs has potential ruminant use, say researchers.
A HAWKES BAY-based company says it has developed a “world-first” programme that analyses soil, herbage and blood results at the same time to produce fertiliser and feed recommendations.
A HEAVY yet compact set of disc harrows suits cultivation on hills, says the manufacturer Fairbrother Industries, planning to launch them at Fieldays.
BURT MUNRO would be smiling: the motorcycle brand he knew best is being revived in New Zealand by US manufacturer Polaris Industries.
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