Genetics, Efficiency and Performance: How the Burgesses are raising the bar at Te Poi
Bill and Michelle Burgess had an eye-opening realisation when they produced the same with fewer cows.
OPINION: This old mutt hears that the voices of dissent in sheep and beef farming circles are growing louder about what they believe is the (non) performance of Beef + Lamb NZ - especially its top executive and CEO Sam McIvor.
While farmers get to vote off directors - like they did earlier this year with former chair Andrew Morrison - they have no say in staff at the levy-funded organisation.
Feedback to yours truly, from many dissatisfied levy payers, is that McIvor should follow the lead of his mate former DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle and move on.
McIvor has been in the top job at B+LNZ for coming up 8 years and the calls are growing louder that his time should be up.
There are a lot of grumpy of farmers who are less than happy about his role in leading B+LNZ - especially in relation to the deeply unpopular and controversial He Waka Eke Noa deal with the government.
Legal controls on the movement of fruits and vegetables are now in place in Auckland’s Mt Roskill suburb, says Biosecurity New Zealand Commissioner North Mike Inglis.
Arable growers worried that some weeds in their crops may have developed herbicide resistance can now get the suspected plants tested for free.
Fruit growers and exporters are worried following the discovery of a male Queensland fruit fly in Auckland this week.
Dairy prices have jumped in the overnight Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, breaking a five-month negative streak.
Alliance Group chief executive Willie Wiese is leaving the company after three years in the role.
A booklet produced in 2025 by the Rotoiti 15 trust, Department of Conservation and Scion – now part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute – aims to help people identify insect pests and diseases.

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