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…
AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers struggling under the weight of mounting losses are walking away from their land.
DIFFERENT PRIMARY industries may need to work together to reduce shipping costs, says Pipfruit New Zealand chairwoman Nadine Tunley, Nelson.
WINNING THE title ‘Dairy Woman of the Year’ would open the door to represent the dairy industry in an urban context, says BEL Group business manager Justine Kidd, Waipukurau.
THE HOUND was surprised to discover that NZ First’s spokesman on primary industries is none other than its best-known Dick – aside from Winston that is – Richard Prosser! Prosser claimed there are better ways of resolving difficulties in farm finance than throwing people off the land and cited farm debt mediation laws that exist in Australia and Canada as examples for New Zealand to follow.
ORGANICS ADVOCATES are among the first to claim they have open minds. However, a recent tirade by a Soil and Health Association Organic NZ spokeswoman – sorry, spokesperson – makes your old mate think their minds are anything but open.
AS FONTERRA last month announced a 33% surge in half-year net profit, its share price had another story to tell.
MORE THAN a few farmers would have coughed up their morning coffee on March 13 when they looked at the front page of the New Zealand Herald. There was a photo of a cow looking up at a rifle muzzle and about to get a bullet.
FARMERS HAVE to lead the environment debate, says Bruce Wills, national president of Federated Farmers. He cautioned in December that many farmers need a mindshift from the past when government incentives encouraged clearing land and dumping on it lots of fertiliser and large numbers of animals.
FINE-MESH crop covers promise a solution to the problem potato pest tomato-potato psyllid (TPP), with possible benefits for other crop issues; such is the finding suggested by early results from research at Lincoln’s biological husbandry unit.
FIFTY YEARS after rearing his first birds, Philip Crozier is quitting turkeys.
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A SHEEP breed which promises to add-value to both meat and wool was launched at last month’s South Island Agricultural Field Days.
BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS (TB) is these days most likely to enter your herd on the back of a truck, warns a retiring TBfree NZ stalwart with a lifetime’s experience of managing the disease control effort.
RAIN AND continued warm weather could see a surge in the worm burdens after the long dry, warns COOPERS animal health Technical Advisor Hannah Field.
CUTTING EDGE efficiency, comfort, style and productivity is what you’ll get with a new range of tractors coming from Deutz-Fahr, says the manufacturer.
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