A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
ANTICIPATION IS building as the on-farm judging round for the National Winner title in the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards is completed.
UNIVERSITY OF Waikato PhD candidate Rasika Subasinghe has been awarded a Zespri Innovation Fellowship for her research into the host cell wall degrading strategies of the Psa bacteria in kiwifruit.
CHINA, WITH Chile and Morocco, won recognition this week from FAO for outstanding progress in fighting hunger.
WITH LANDCORP eyeing the potential of dairy sheep, the United States could be to our sheep industry what China is to dairy cattle, opening a bold new chapter for New Zealand's most numerous farmed animal.
A HALT TO Waikato Regional Council monitoring of farm effluent issues by helicopter has been recommended pending a review of the council's environmental rule enforcement methods.
FEDERATED FARMERS president and Hawke's Bay farmer Bruce Wills has been named the 2014 Landcorp Agricultural Communicator of the Year.
A VISION FOR the Landcorp to transform New Zealand farming has been unveiled by it chief executive Steven Carden, 10 months into the role.
THE NEW ZEALAND Market Disciplinary Tribunal says Fonterra breached its rules by not releasing information to the markets as soon as was aware of potential contamination of product during last year's false-alarm food safety scare.
PRICES WERE up again at today's North Island-only wool sale as the weather and an overall reduction in the clip constrained supply.
A strategic Waikato River catchment leadership group has been established to coordinate the work among stakeholders.
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Visitor numbers on the opening day of the 2014 National Fieldays at Mystery Creek was down from last year; and the weather may be to blame.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy says new figures show primary sector exports will reach record levels of $37.7b over the last year – around $1.3b more than previously forecast.
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