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Bay's roller coaster ride with drought
Lochie MacGillivray says Hawke's Bay needs more rain in the next couple of weeks or there is a risk of…Māori business sector unrecognised - O'Connor
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Māori business sector is unrecognised, underappreciated and its potential is only now just starting…Chair defends process
Andrew Morrison, New Zealand Meat Board chair, has defended the move by Beef+Lamb NZ (BLNZ) directors to sack an independent…Farmers will get final say
Andrew Morrison says farmers will ultimately have the final say on whether or not a controversial move to increase both…National
MPI lost touch
MPI boss Ray Smith says with the advent of the climate change proposals and the new essential fresh water regulations,…
Managing Covid issues top of the list for MPI
Dealing with the outfall from Covid-19 is one of the top priorities in the coming year for Ministry for Primary…Farmer fined for bovis breach
Failure to follow directives not to move stock because of the Mycoplasma bovis threat and breaking NAIT rules has landed…Is wool sector sustainable?
New Zealand's wool industry might not be sustainable, says the chairman of Campaign for Wool NZ.$8 on the cards?
An $8-plus milk price for Fonterra farmers this season could be on the cards.World
NZ and China sign FTA upgrade
Trade Ministers for New Zealand and China have signed an upgrade to the free trade agreement between the two countries.
NZ to host virtual APEC
New Zealand will be in the virtual spotlight for the next 12 months as it hosts the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) conference.
Pledge to end child labour in agriculture
The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, has pledged to intensify efforts toward addressing child labour in agriculture through a dedicated work programme.
NZ seeks Irish support
New Zealand is looking to Ireland for support as it negotiates a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).
World food prices rise for seventh consecutive month
World food prices rose for the seventh consecutive month in December, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) reports.
Opinion
Time for UK to 'walk the talk'
OPINION: One of life’s commercial shibboleths is that one should be wary of going into business with close friends because…
Slow down and smell the flowers!
OPINION: I have been a regular reader for a number of years now, the last couple of decades in particular. …Editorial: Better connection, now!
OPINION: We may now be into the third decade of the 21st century, but unfortunately much of NZ’s rural broadband…An open letter to Government
OPINION: Dear Ministers Nash and Shaw,Impact of irrigation on the soil
OPINION: Soil organic matter was a hot topic for environmentalists, ecologists and primary producers in 2020.Agribusiness
The rewards of good data
New Zealand's primary sector is our equivalent of the USA’s Silicon Valley of excellence.
Set for another profitable year
NZ agriculture is set for what looks likely to be a generally profitable season in 2020/21, with most sectors seeing…East Coast Farm Expo set to go
The 2021 East Coast Farming Expo is a two-day mid-week gathering for sheep and beef producers with a focus on…Kiwi research on infant milk powder colour goes global
A Wintec science student Rehana Ponnal has had research published in the International Dairy Journal late last year, a big…The power of good facilitation
“Without a facilitator, we would just have done that farmer thing and sat round, shuffled our feet and waited for…Management
Major task ahead for NZ farming
New modelling from the Climate Change Commission has outlined a major task ahead for the agribusiness industry in New Zealand.
Securing a future for NZ pastures
Farmers, scientists and rural industry leaders are meeting in Waikato later this year to start mapping out a secure future for New Zealand pastures.
Game changing irrigation system
A team of Feilding-based software engineers has helped mastermind a game-changing irrigation prototype that diagnoses its own operating faults and can launch a drone to manage crops at leaf level.
Wool-less Wiltshires prove popular
A seemingly never-ending plunge in strong wool prices is proving to be a boon for a sheep breed that doesn’t produce the increasingly worthless fibre – the Wiltshire.
Study looks into economic impact of self-shedding sheep
Massey University's sheep team is examining the economic impact and the production consequences of crossbreeding with Wiltshires to a fully shedding flock.
Farm Health
Wiltshires in big demand
The demand for Wiltshire sheep is “incredible and unbelievable”, according to the country’s major breeder of the sheep that sheds…
MPI to review heat stress issue
MPI says a significant amount of work is under way this year to update animal welfare codes and provide updated…Possible scanner shortages likely
While most rams have yet to go out, farmers are being encouraged to book their sheep scanners in early.Mastitis can jump from cow to cow - claim
Hawke's Bay dairy farmer Rose Galloway rejects any suggestion that mastitis in cows isn't contagious. A trained nurse, Galloway and her…High FE spore counts recorded
Facial eczema (FE) spore counts in some parts of the country are particularly high for this time of year and…Machinery & Products
Real handy in all situations
Listening to customers across all sectors of agriculture helps the Handypiece team design and engineer options to make its unit…
Turbo-charged cultivators with a capital T!
Introduced in 2020, the Kverneland Turbo T cultivator comes in 6.5 and 8 metre working widths.Saving backs and manpower for over 40 years
Hecton Products have been in the sheep handling business for more than 40 years now.Film binding now available
The Kuhn VBP 3100 series variable chamber baler-wrapper combination can now be equipped with the patented Kuhn Twin-reel film binding…Causing a stir makes life easier for dairy farmers
Quite often the need to regularly agitate dairy effluent ponds or tanks is overlooked in the initial design stages.Motoring
Blurring the boundaries between work and play
New from the Yamaha camp is R Max2 XT-R.
Early pick for car of the year!
As I'm writing this review in early December, I’d like to make a prediction – the new Land Rover Defender…Big, bold brash Ram truck will grow on you
Introduced in 2018, the Ram 1500 brought big American trucks to the New Zealand mainstream – at a price point…Hilux ups the ante - yet again
When the 8th generation Toyota Hilux arrived in late 2015, it was a major departure from the Hilux of old.Like a red rag to a bull!
Mark Daniel reviews the new Jeep Gladiator truck.» The RNG Weather Report
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OPINION: Your canine crusader reckons something smells really iffy about the move by Beef+Lamb NZ directors to sack the independent…
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OPINION: This old mutt has always thought the people who inhabit the nation’s parliament are a weird bunch with very…
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