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Planned meetings offer better outcomes

WE’VE ALL been to them: the meeting you wish you’d never gone to. But are you guilty of running them in your own business?

Disease top concern for rearers

DISEASE PREVENTION is the number one priority for calf rearers, judging by a show of hands of delegates during a workshop session at last week’s South Island Dairy Event.

Wild pig release condemned

ILLEGAL RELEASE of wild pigs in a TB free area is putting cattle and livelihoods at risk, says a Waikato sheep and beef farmer.

Non-chemical varroa controls promising

TWO ALTERNATIVES to chemical control of varroa show promise but may not be complementary, judging by papers presented at the National Beekeepers Association’s annual conference last month.

Fly this knapsack sprayer from kitchen table

THE DAYS of lugging a knacksack sprayer over hill and gully for a few thistles may be over – if you can spare $30,000.

Major addition to K-line irrigation

RX PLASTICS revealed a major addition to its irrigation technology range at National Fieldays.

Bike stand for trailers

A MOTORCYCLE transport frame proved popular on Brent Smith Trailers’ site at National Fieldays.

Giant red fleet does the hauling on potato farm

THE TRACTION to harvest 400ha of potatoes and 150ha of grain, and to fatten 1000 cattle, comes from a ‘swag’ of Massey Ferguson tractors and other machines, reports the AGCO company.

Meat exports blocked in China

New rules for meat exports to China will be implemented today, Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye say.

$3.8m loss for Blue Sky Meats

Blue Sky Meats has announced an after tax loss of $3.8m for the year ending March 31, 2013.

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Smiler takes top business award

Federated Farmers 2013 Allflex Agri Business Person is Kingi Smiler, chairman of the Wairarapa Moana Inc. The 2013 Agri Personality is former Fonterra cooperative group chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden.