R.I.P. Sir Bob
OPINION: When news broke that Sir Bob Jones had died at age 85, the nightly news bulletins all led with…
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are backing a Government initiative to prevent potentially dangerous chemicals falling into the hands of terrorists.
AUSTRALIAN SHEEPMEAT exports to China during the 2012-13 financial year leapt 91% to a record 69,860 tonnes, boosted by a more than five-fold year-on-year lift in mutton exports to 35,867 tonnes.
THE BETTER payout and lift in farmer confidence is likely also to mean a better season for contractors, says the newly elected president of the Rural Contractors Association, Steve Levet.
TWO FORMERLY fierce rivals in avocado exporting say their successful collaboration could signal the way forward for other export industries.
THE NEW dairy industry accord designed to clean up waterways has been hailed by industry, councils and farmers, but it has drawn only lukewarm support from environmental groups.
THE HOUND was unsurprised to see Green MP and former paid mouthpiece of the organic lobby Steffan Browning latching on to the latest claims by the doomsayers at Pesticide Action Network Aotearoa New Zealand, saying that New Zealand rivers are full of pesticides and we are all going to die.
DESPITE SMILING Auckland Mayor Len Brown’s frequent TV utterances that the city is of one mind and moving united towards a rosy future (centred on an underground rail tunnel near Queen Street), the schism between Auckland’s parts has never been greater.
FARM DEBT levels are incredibly high. These have increased in the past year to at least $50 billion. On dairy farms this amounts to $20/kgMS, making the most indebted farmers vulnerable to bad weather, price falls and cost rises.
RECENT CASES of TB in surveillance only areas are prompting questions not only about how they occurred, but the communication between TBfree New Zealand and farmers in those areas.
SPCA COURT action against a Waikato farm worker who harmed 200 cattle, including breaking the tails of 40, has been applauded by industry bodies.
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NEWLY PUBLISHED research by the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) adds weight to the consensus multiple factors are driving honey bee colony declines.
NEW ZEALAND’S second-largest maker of calf milk replacers (CMR) produces them at one of the few plants approved by MPI for quality milk powder exports.
POWER FARMING Wholesale has just despatched a large consignment of tractors and equipment to Tuvalu, in the South Pacific.
MITSUBISHI ALREADY had a great car on its hands with the smart little ASX.
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