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OPINION: Was the ASB Economic Weekly throwing shade on Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr when reporting on his speech in Washington recently?
THE HOUND questions whether the recent use of DNA sequence technology by farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement (LIC)
– it led to the discovery of a recessive small calf gene and now opens the door to managing ‘small calf syndrome’ out of the dairy industry – could be viewed as prejudicial. He notes that we’ve recently seen dwarf or ‘little people’ boxing on the undercard of a recent a major professional boxing match, so what will the PC police think of the dairy industry trying to deliberately to eliminate dwarf cows from the dairy herd?
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will be fronting farmers at three large public meetings organised by Federated Farmers over the coming weeks.
Federated Farmers and a major Australian-owned bank are at loggerheads over emissions reduction targets set for New Zealand farmer clients.
More locally grown tomatoes are coming to stores this month and you can thank New Zealand greenhouses for that.
Changing skill demands and new job opportunities in the primary sector have prompted Massey University to create a new degree course and add a significant major into another in 2025.
It was bringing in a new Canterbury A&P Association (CAPA) show board, more in tune with the CAPA general committee, that has ensured that Christchurch will have a show this year, says CAPA general committee president Bryce Murray.
OPINION: Hats off to our pipfruit sector.
OPINION: Was the ASB Economic Weekly throwing shade on Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr when reporting on his speech in…
OPINION: A reader recently had a shot at the various armchair critics that she judged to be more than a…