A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
FORMER Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden will sign off his 21-year stint in dairy industry governance on May 31.
ANOTHER RAG’S claim in its May 7 issue, to have “broken” the latest round of PKE biosecurity stories with a report on March 19 left your old mate gobsmacked.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy wants to see a doubling of New Zealand’s primary exports to $60 billion by the year 2025.
DAIRY GIANT Fonterra is responsible for most of New Zealand’s dairy exports and accounts for approximately one-third of global trade.
HURRAH,HURRAH. Congratulations to Rural News’ sister publication Dairy News’ for its March 26 editorial leader. At last, a farming magazine editorial asking a vital question – Production or profitability? What a relief!
SIX OF the best sheep farmers in the country descend on Dunedin later this month – this year’s breed winners in the New Zealand Sheep Breeders Association Ewe Hogget competition.
BAYER WANTS double digit growth in Australasia, and some of that will come from New Zealand innovation, says Bayer’s new chief for Australia and New Zealand, Dr Jacqueline Applegate.
Mention the word ‘conversion’ in the context of land use, and most people assume you’re talking dairy conversion. But now the term is being applied to another trend: lucerne conversion. Andrew Swallow reports.
[NZ] is about 90%. They were also getting lamb growth rates up to 320g/day.
Te Awahohono Forest Trust’s Tarawera Station is one of three finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy for Maori Excellence in farming. Peter Burke reports from a field day held earlier this month, a final stage in the judging process.
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A RELAXATION of post-graze pasture residual principles and a rapid grazing round lead to some pointed questions at Lincoln University Dairy Farm’s latest Focus Day.
TWENTY ODD years ago my gorgeous Huntaway bitch Bride lost weight with an illness, and even though she recovered fully I struggled to get the weight back on her. I think the fact that she had a very fine short coat and it was winter had a lot of bearing on the problem. The food I was pumping in was being used for warmth, and even though her condition was improving, it wasn’t fast enough for my liking.
TRANSITIONING LIVESTOCK onto winter crops needs extra care this year where stock, especially pregnant ewes, are already in less than ideal condition due to drought.
A NEW auto drafting machine is making a huge savings in time and money on a large-scale sheep and beef farm, near Dannevirke, in the Tararua district.
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