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Potential of trees, wood on display

The Forestry Hub returns to Fieldays this year.

The Forestry Hub returns to Fieldays for its third consecutive year, showcasing how trees and wood are transforming New Zealand.

The wait is almost over!

Fieldays chief executive Peter Nation says it’s great to advance agriculture through education and collaboration at the annual event.

With the 56th running of the National Fieldays just over a week away, Mystery Creek is transforming into a large village, as home to over a thousand exhibitors from the 12th to 15th June.

Cows 'prefer eating hay on pasture during winter'

Cows managed on pasture with hay also had higher skin temperatures and cleaner coats, according to the study.

Dairy cows managed in winter on pasture, with hay bales, spent more time ruminating and lying in postures suggesting greater comfort than those on kale crops, newly published research has found.

A surplus of experts but a famine for true wisdom

It’s puzzling why people even consider some climate change experts to be credible witnesses.

OPINION: It surely seems to me that in today’s world experts abound. I hear or see the word attached to someone regularly in the media, all too flippantly in my opinion.

Editorial: Doing trade beyond China

The US overtook China as New Zealand’s largest red meat market for April.

OPINION: Is the gloss coming off China’s status as the number one export market for New Zealand primary exports?

A low bar!

OPINION: If the old saying that ‘political leaders are the reflection of our society’ is true, we need to have a good hard look at ourselves.

Bankers!

OPINION: At a recent speaking engagement, Brendan Lindsay, cashed-out founder of Sistema Plastics opined that in his experience “banks are real fair-weather friends”.

OPINION: Farmers in the Rodney district, nearly an hour north of Auckland, are reaching breaking point having to deal with the ‘super-city’ council, who some farmers regard as out of touch with the realities of rural life and overly officious.

Fieldays 'focus'

OPINION: The annual Fieldays at Mystery Creek next week should inject some much-needed energy into the agricultural sector, however, a mate of the Hound questions whether the organisers truly understand that most of the exhibitors are hoping to see farmers – not just all-and-sundry – coming through the turnstiles.

Cultivating produce and people

The Hamlin Road Farm team is proud of their sustainability credentials.

The team behind two-time Outstanding Food Producer Award winner Hamlin Road Farm says it is extremely proud to be recognised for its sustainable practices.