Are they serious?
OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
THE WAIKATO Regional Council and stakeholders are discussing potential action if dry, drought-like conditions continue in parts of the Waikato and South Auckland.
DAIRY EXPORT values rose 27% in the December 2013 quarter, says Statistics New Zealand.
RURAL COMMUNITIES will be celebrating record milk production as well as an increase in Fonterra's forecast Farmgate Milk Price for the 2013/14 season by 35 cents to a record level of $8.65/kgMS, says DairyNZ.
FLOOD-RAVAGED UK farmers are calling for more funding for flood defence management.
TWO BIG American livestock groups say they will fiercely oppose a compromise farm bill agreed to by House of Representatives and Senate agriculture leaders that includes an end to direct subsidies to farmers in favour of beefed-up crop insurance.
A SCHEME which ‘brings the classroom into the orchard’, is sending trained orchard workers into the industry.
MOVE OVER New Zealand milkpowder, here come the avocados.
WORLD FOOD prices fell for the first time in three months in January despite the dizzy heights of the dairy market and a recent rally in grains.
THIS OLD mutt reckons the muppets who proposed the ill-fated ‘fart tax’ a few years ago may have had health and safety issues in mind, rather than just saving the planet.
THE HOUND reckons Fed’s chief Conor English – who has announced he will step down from his role in July
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KILLING bobby calves with hammer blows to their heads should send shivers down the spine of every Kiwi dairy farmer.
THE NAIT slaughter levy for cattle will be halved to 50c per tagged carcass from March 1, 2014.
LEADERSHIP IS becoming increasingly challenging, not the least because as soon as something appears to be going wrong, everybody knows about it.
With regards to the big promo for AberHSG ryegrass (Rural News, February 4), I know it is that time of the year when all kinds of claims are made about the dozens of pasture seed cultivars on offer.
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