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Your old mate would like to pay special tribute to former Countrywide editor Terry Brosnahan who passed way earlier this month.
Terry was an old-school journo and a strong supporter of NZ farming. He will be greatly missed, not only by his family, but the wider rural community.
Terry had battled health issues in the past few years, but this did little to stop him turning out great articles and stories that benefitted rural NZ.
Unfortunately, with the change of ownership of Countrywide late last year, Terry and a number of his long-time colleagues were dumped by the new publishers, leaving NZ rural journalism the poorer for it.
Terry’s attitude to his craft was best summed up by his Twitter (X) profile: “A journalist gathers the facts without fear or favour to bring the reader closer to the truth.”
RIP Terry.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says the 2025 Fieldays has been one of more positive he has attended.
A fundraiser dinner held in conjunction with Fieldays raised over $300,000 for the Rural Support Trust.
Recent results from its 2024 financial year has seen global farm machinery player John Deere record a significant slump in the profits of its agricultural division over the last year, with a 64% drop in the last quarter of the year, compared to that of 2023.
An agribusiness, helping to turn a long-standing animal welfare and waste issue into a high-value protein stream for the dairy and red meat sector, has picked up a top innovation award at Fieldays.
The Fieldays Innovation Award winners have been announced with Auckland’s Ruminant Biotech taking out the Prototype Award.
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