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 LATEST media beat-up on Fonterra’s fresh cream recall cannot go unchallenged.
IN 2005 Livestock Improvement Cooperative (LIC) became the first company in the world to offer a team of crossbred bulls.
AS WE EMBARK on what is hopefully another busy and profitable year for the agriculture sector, it is vital new blood is attracted to the economic powerhouse of New Zealand’s economy.
“WHAT WE have here is like a big sandpit – a place where people can get together to play to try and achieve great outcomes.”
HIGH MILK urea? No problem, says Dairy NZ.
A NOVEL technique to determine lambs’ brown fat reserves could help identify techniques to increase survival rates, particularly of multiples, says Agresearch.
LIC’S Fertility1 variation is just one of several to be uncovered internationally recently.
GROWING LUCERNE as a forage feed dates back thousands of years and is practised on farms all around the world.
BILL O’NEILL and Massey Fergusson go back a long way.
PRICES FOR MILK, CHEESE, and eggs rose 4.2% in the December 2013 quarter, the highest quarterly rise since the September 2010 quarter.
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New Zealand's rural contracting industry contributed almost a billion dollars to the country's economy last year, according to recently published research.
LABOUR'S TRADE AND Defence spokesperson, Phil Goff, held discussions with US TPP chief negotiator, Barbara Weisel, during a week-long visit to the United States.
DUNEDIN-BASED agricultural GPS business TracMap has extended its market further into Australia, signing a major new supply agreement with Kagome Foods, the country's largest tomato grower.
ALMOST ALL wool types increased in value this week at the combined wool auction, Wool Services International reports.
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