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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
SINCE PKW won the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Maori dairy farm in 2006, it has not rested on its laurels.
CANADA’S LARGEST dairy processor Saputo has regained the upper hand in the battle for Australian company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.
YOUR OLD mate reckons you’d have to be really bad news and toxic for Fonterra to tell you not to turn up to one of its publicity stunts.
THE HOUND nearly choked on his biscuits when he read yet another whiny media release issued by the Green Party, this time complaining about spying laws.
WELL DONE to Rural Women NZ and Federated Farmers for fighting hard to ensure New Zealand Post continues posting mail in rural boxes five days a week for the next few years.
‘SHE’LL BE right’ attitudes may be changing, but New Zealand farms remain hazardous places to work – 15 work-related deaths last year, and 408 serious injuries.
VISITORS AT the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards’ 2012 supreme winner’s field day last month may well have felt somewhat ‘blown away’, in more ways than one.
IN THE year 2000, the 805ha (270ha effective) Whatawhata Hill Country Research Farm run by AgResearch was providing no more than 2% return on capital. There were significant erosion problems and its dense, 20km network of streams carried sediment, nitrogen and E.coli to the Waikato River. What remnants of native woodland remained had low biodiversity and bare ground underneath from animal access.
A SUGGESTION in Rural News’ sister paper Dairy News that calf rearers should blood test to check colostrum intake has some merit, but needs refining, says specialist calf vet, Bas Schouten.
RURAL NEWS’ article ‘Rangitata TB came from West Coast’ (October 22) reports TB Free’s statement that two recent outbreaks of TB in South Canterbury cattle were “a West Coast strain.”
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ANDREW COOMBE grew up with Massey Ferguson on his family’s farm at Te Aroha. Now he and his wife Anita own two dairy farms in Otorohanga and three MF tractors.
A REAR-MOUNTED mower uses a new middle attachment to cut even wider, says the New Zealand importer.
THE HEAD of China’s largest dairy company says Fonterra’s false botulism scare underscores the importance of food safety.
EUROPE’S SECOND largest dairy co-op Arla Foods is launching a marketing blitz to promote its butter and cheese in Australia and New Zealand.
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