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OPINION: Your old mate's ear has been chewed off recently by farmers voicing their displeasure with the National Party, particularly…
Award winning sales manager Colin May has joined the GEA Farm Technologies New Zealand management team to drive sales for its animal health and hygiene brand, FIL.
Fonterra-funded research by the New Zealand Asia Institute says Japan joining the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) could potentially trigger a revitalisation of its agriculture sector.
Twelve new frontline border staff will help New Zealand's biosecurity defences stay strong, says MPI.
'Mixed messages' about meat blocked at the Chinese border adds to the suspicion there's more to the issue than the Government is letting on, says Labour Primary Industries spokesman Damien O'Connor.
Federated Farmers is hopeful an administrative issue affecting New Zealand meat exports to China will soon be resolved.
A reunion will be held on Saturday, June 8 at the Corinthian Conventions Centre at the Invercargill Workingmen's Club to mark the 35th anniversary of the Southland Farmers' Protest on the streets of Invercargill.
KIWI INGENUITY in the spirit of ‘Heath Robinson’ has resulted in a plant that for 10 years has made chaff for horse feed at Oakland Stables, on the outskirts of Hastings.
VETERINARY REPRESENTATIVES and Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, are hailing the rural veterinary bonding scheme a success following the release of new figures.
THE CAUSE of an occasional but recurring problem of unusually small calves in dairy herds is a newly identified recessive gene, says Livestock Improvement (LIC).
THINK BVD when attending bull sales over the coming months, say vets.
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WHETHER CALLS for New Zealand regulators to copy the European Commission and ban three widely used insecticides in an attempt to protect bees will gain traction here is unclear.
A Te Puke kiwifruit orchard severely impacted by Psa has just returned its second successful harvest of the new kiwifruit gold variety, G3, with 8,513 trays harvested from a 0.61ha block.
After two gruelling days of competition Tim Van de Molen of the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Region is the 2013 ANZ Young Farmer Contest Champion.
A STRATEGY shift a few years ago to integrate the dairy and sheep and beef units with a flexible stocking policy provided a step change in performance for large-scale Maori-owned farm business, Te Uranga B2.
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