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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
More than 200 working dogs from Pamu farms around the country are the first to provide their DNA to Massey University for a project to protect the future of the New Zealand working dog breeds.
Cambridge dairy farmer Kirsty Steeghs made a unique trade off with her husband.
When Cyclone Gabrielle hit in February 2023, it left an estimated $13.5 billion worth of damage across New Zealand.
Having taken over from the previous distributor, who represented the brand for two decades, Landini New Zealand marks the beginning of a new distribution deal with Norwood, with a first look at Fieldays.
A biosecurity levy, imposed on dairy farmers to fight Mycoplasma bovis, will reduce by 66% from next month.
Dairy farmers picked up practical tools and actions to enhance farm waterways at DairyNZ’s Fieldays site this year.
A national pest management plan to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) will come into effect by the end of this year.
A group of year 5 Swannanoa School students saw their yearlong native seedling project come to fruition when they planted their seedlings at Brian and Rosemary Whyte’s Swannanoa farm in North Canterbury last month.
Rural trader Farmlands is expanding its footprint in the North Island.
During the last seven years, over 5000 native seedlings have been planted as part of Waimakariri Irrigation’s biodiversity project.
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OPINION: Collaboration between farmers and industry innovators will be at the heart of helping New Zealand’s red meat sector move forward from one of its toughest years since the Global Financial Crisis.
OPINION: There was an extra spring in the step of farmers at the Fieldays last week.
OPINION: After six years of being passed over for every Arts luvvie in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, agriculture has finally got some overdue recognition with the 2024 King’s Honours list bestowing gongs on some of our finest.
OPINION: Reactions to Budgets are always predictable, following well-worn tracks laid down by political tribalism and ideology.
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