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SEQUENCING THE genomes of 234 bulls whose descendants number tens of millions can enable breeding schemes to reduce or eliminate hereditary diseases and produce milk and beef more efficiently.
RETIRED FARMER David Tuart is looking for a place to keep and graze his flock of rare British sheep.
A DRAFT plan to allow North America to cope with an outbreak of, say, foot-and-mouth disease, without shutting down the continent’s cattle trade has won US backing from the National Milk Producers Federation.
AN AWARD-WINNING electronic sensor system will make dairy plant washing much less risky say its inventors.
SOUTH CANTERBURY farmer Norm Styles prefers to employ horsepower to manpower, an approach which saw him buy one of the biggest seed drills in the country earlier this year.
Farm machinery co-op, Origin Agroup is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
GALLAGHER SAYS its new TSi 2 Livestock Manager is faster and smarter than its ground-breaking SmartTsi launched in 2008.
WHILE FEDERATED Farmers supports positive overseas investment into New Zealand's farming system, it is concerned the potential sale of Lochinver Station to Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Ltd, may not provide sufficient benefit to New Zealand.
THE SALE OF the Elders New Zealand (Elders) business to South Island based Carr Group has been completed following the sale announcement on June 20.
THE CHANCES of an El Nino event developing over spring appear to be lessening, says NIWA.
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PRICES LEAPT at today's South Island wool sale driven by market shortage and strong demand, says New Zealand Wool Services International.
MANAGED BEE hives and honey production in New Zealand is increasing and there is little or no evidence that pesticides are affecting bee health, according to a parliamentary committee report.
FONTERRA'S FORECAST for 2014/15 has fallen lower than expected, says Federated Farmers at $6/kgMS.
FONTERRA HAS reduced its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014/15 season from $7 to $6/kgMS and announced an estimated dividend range of 20-25 cents per share
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