Massey Adds New Majors in Agritech, Animal Science
Interest in agritech and production animal systems has prompted Massey University's School of Agriculture and the Environment to new majors to its popular animal science degree.
OPINION: Your old mate reckons the atrocious way farmers in the UK are treated by their lords and masters in Westminster is a salient warning for us.
Most politicians are untrustworthy bastards, but some are downright dangerous.
Imagine being a British pig farmer.
You are rightly held to some of the strictest welfare and environment standards in the world. Then you walk into a supermarket full of imported pork, reared to standards that you'd be arrested for, at a price that undercuts you by 35%.
That has already happened here.
In the UK, it's not just pigs. It's everything they produce.
As one astute Pommy prognosticator says, "It's a massive hypocritical accountancy trick that outsources environmental and ethical impacts abroad while punishing farmers and claiming moral victory at home".
Couldn't happen here? It already has.
Federated Farmers has welcomed new rural policies released by ACT, saying they align closely with its own election priorities.
Rural Contractors NZ says proposed changes to land transport rules for agricultural vehicles are a welcome response by the Government to out of date regulations which have seen members hit with huge fines.
Alliance is calling for final applications for its 2027 Graduate Programme, with applications closing on Sunday 25 October.
Decades piloting planes has ensured vet and farmer David Hayes is focused on safety. So, after a serious accident while welding on farm, he is sharing his experience so others can learn from it.
Canterbury milk processor, Synlait Milk has confirmed Leon Fung as its chief executive officer.
OPINION: Making it easier to collect rainwater and use it to grow crops and livestock is a no brainer.