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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
DAIRY TECHNOLOGY suppliers Lely, TechniPharm and Cowhouse Construction last week held a ‘live’ robotic milking display at the Southern Field Days, Waimumu.
NZ PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy will open a new Fonterra new warehouse in the United Arab Emirates during a visit to the Middle East.
DairyNZ is issuing summer dry messages to farmers and advising farmers to look after young stock.
FONTERRA HAS lifted its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2013/14 season by 35 cents to a record level of $8.65 per kgMS.
MEAT INDUSTRY Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy is calling for Beef + Lamb (B+L) to get behind a remit before next month's annual meeting seeking further financial support for the group's drive to reform the red meat sector.
RURAL BUSINESSES and residents of Levin have celebrated the roll out of high speed internet, with Farmside signing up its 1000th customer to fixed wireless rural broadband under the Government's Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI).
DEAN RABBIDGE is the second Grand Finalist to be named in the 2014 ANZ Young Farmer Contest. Rabbidge joins Tasman's Reuben Carter, with five spots still up for grabs.
THE 2014 AGRIKIDSNZ and TeenAg Regional Finals are in full swing and making their way around the country.
APPLICATIONS FOR this year's Rabobank's prestigious Executive Development Program are officially open.
ONE OF the world's leading salmon egg producers is working with AgResearch to develop genomic selection in Atlantic salmon.
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DEFENDING TASMAN champion, Reuben Carter, is the first Grand Finalist to be named for the 2014 ANZ Young Farmer Contest.
A WORKING group has been set up to improve dairy traceability, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye have announced.
ON-FARM deaths are on the decline, with both WorkSafe NZ and ACC statistics showing a declining trend in fatalities since 2008, Federated Farmers says.
A SPECIAL two-day bird hunting season is being held in Taranaki and Whanganui to help farmers disperse paradise shelducks.
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