Meat and Dairy Vital for Health and Hunger Solutions, Experts Say
The executive director of the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) Donald Moore says research being done at Massey University's Riddet Institute will help avert world hunger.
Well-known sheep specialist Professor Paul Kenyon is the new head of Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences.
The institute includes New Zealand’s only veterinary teaching hospital and its leading native wildlife health centre, Wildbase.
Kenyon has led or co-led at least 100 sheep research studies in the past decade, resulting in 330 scientific publications aimed at improving on-farm productivity and profitability.
College of Sciences pro vice-chancellor Professor Robert Anderson says Kenyon’s proven teaching and management skills and his strong research links in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and South America made him an excellent candidate for the role.
Professor Kenyon says there are opportunities for the institute to grow in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and in research nationally and internationally. He aims to help identify those opportunities and develop strategies to exploit them.
“I’m honoured to be the head of an institute that is nationally and internationally recognised for its teaching and research excellence. And I’m excited by the challenges this position brings.”
New research is helping farmers better understand and manage fertility, with clearer tools and measures to support more robust, productive herds.
Southland crop farmer Mark Dillon took out his fifth New Zealand conventional ploughing title at the NZ Ploughing Championships held over the weekend at Methven.
Ensure your insurance is fully comprehensive and up to date because as a rural contractor you don’t know what’s around the corner.
Waikato farmer Walt Cavendish has stepped down as the spokesman for a controversial farming lobby seeking greater protection for New Zealand farmers against inferior imports.
A verbal stoush has broken out between Federated Farmers and a new group that claims to be fighting against cheaper imports that undermine NZ farmers.
According to the latest ANZ Agri Focus report, energy-intensive and domestically-focused sectors currently bear the brunt of rising fuel, fertiliser and freight costs.

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