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OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
New management at an organisation doesn't always change a rotten, broken culture, which seems especially true of the Wellington bureaucracy, the Gilding On types who remain indifferent to changes on the 9th floor of the Beehive.
However, your old mate hears that changes in HQ at Mystery Creek may bode well for a long-overdue attitude adjustment with Fieldays.
For years, exhibitors at the event have complained about the high-handed indifference they've copped from the crew running NZ's biggest ag event.
Many have stopped attending altogether, fed up wsith spiralling costs, obstructive clipboard carriers and a dubious ROI.
Time will tell if this has changed, but early rumblings are positive!
Can-Am has introduced its 2027 range of side-by-side vehicles (SSV) and all-terrain vehicles (ATV), including the industry leading Defender, the Maverick R and the hugely capable Outlander ATV, incorporating a host of advancements designed to deliver an exceptional riding experience.
Walking around the Fieldays this year, expected most of the conversations to be about machinery purchases and farm infrastructure upgrades. Instead, one topic seemed to keep cropping up more frequently with farmers – the price of PKE.
A leading British farming politician says he's impressed with the positive attitude of New Zealand farmers that he met during his recent trip here.
A new digital assistant is now helping Ballance Agri-Nutrients farmers speed up nutrient information and ordering.
OPINION: At Fieldays this year, one theme kept surfacing across the sector: global shocks are no longer something that happens “over there”. They are now translating quickly into local, farm-level impacts through increasingly complex and connected channels.
New Zealand's citrus growers were challenged to build their future on the value embedded in their fruit rather than the volume they produce, at Citrus New Zealand's annual gathering in Gisborne on 17 September.
Leading John Deere technicians and apprentices from New Zealand and Australians were recognised at the recent sixth annual JD Technician of the Year Awards, held in Brisbane.
In Dacre, near Invercargill in New Zealand’s South Island, Bruce Dinnington is running a dairy operation unlike any other.
A free online platform aggregating governance vacancies across rural and regional New Zealand has been launched.
Environment Minister Nicola Grigg has announced details of a new rural plastics recycling scheme.
Agricultural drone operators say that a government decision to allow lower-risk drone work without certification won’t lower standards but drive innovation and efficiency.
