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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…
HELPING FARMERS and growers better manage on-farm waste is the aim of a new regional council survey being undertaken in Waikato and Bay of Plenty.
A $30,000 SCHOLARSHIP at the University of Waikato has gone to a doctoral student, Jack Pronger, who will study drought impacts on farms.
BRETT PARKER was crowned the New Zealand Young Vegetable Grower 2014, beating six other competitors at the national competition on Thursday, April 10.
WOOLS OF New Zealand says growers are rallying around the Direct-to-Scour (D2S) spot market sales option with volumes double each month since it was launched last October.
THE BOARD of Beef + Lamb New Zealand has supported in principle the farmer remits put to its annual meeting in Feilding last month.
DESPITE a resurgent New Zealand dollar, the South Island offering of 11,500 bales saw most types range from firm to 3% dearer, NZ Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson, reports.
CROWN IRRIGATION Investment Ltd's first investment of $6.5 million towards the Central Plains Water scheme in Canterbury, has been welcome by the Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.
APPLICATIONS CLOSE at the end of April for this year's Rabobank Farm Managers Program, a business management course for the next generation of farm leaders.
AN AUCKLAND-BASED drystock farmer has been convicted and fined $45,000 for unlawfully taking water from a stream on his Waikato property over a three year period, including during last year's drought.
WELCOME RAIN is forecast for many areas of the country but nature's blessing can come with a sting in the tail with the risk of nitrate poisoning in stock, says Ballance.
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THE FREE TRADE deal between Australia and Japan makes a high quality TPP outcome even more important, according to the New Zealand red meat sector.
FEDERATED FARMERS is thrilled by the Health Promotion Agency's, National Depression rural project.
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION company CRV Ambreed will donate semen products worth $27,750 to the West Coast Focus Farm Trust every year for the next three years.
ALLIANCE GROUP has appointed experienced executive and director, Vanessa Stoddart, to its board.
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