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MASSEY UNIVERSITY has completely revamped its No 1 dairy research farm to try to find new ways to farm more sustainably and profitably and produce high quality milk. 
Published in Agribusiness
SCIENTISTS JACQUELINE Rowarth (Rural News July 16) and Doug Edmeades (Rural News August 20) have criticised Albrecht’s base cation saturation ratio (BCSR) theory being used to make fertiliser recommendations. 
Published in Opinion
‘STOP THE boats’ has been the mantra of new Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott since he was first elected Opposition leader in 2009.
Published in Opinion
ASK VETERINARIAN and Waikato farmer Ian Scott what he thinks of new pasture cultivars and, off the record, you’re likely to get a four-letter-word answer.
Published in Management
YOU CAN’T prove cause and effect, but it seems more than a coincidence farmers using New Zealand’s leading farm decision support tool make more money than average.
Published in Management
FEDERATED FARMERS wants the Primary Production Select Committee to consider tweaking the Animal Welfare Amendment Bill so privacy laws don’t prevent getting help to suffering animals and farmers.
Published in Farm Health
CANADA’S PEST Management Regulatory Agency says current agricultural practices related to the use of neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seed are not sustainable, but has stopped short of calling for a ban.
Published in Farm Health
A NOVEL on-farm milk progesterone test with many applications around mating and pregnancy diagnosis has had a rapid uptake in its first year since launch in the UK.
Published in Farm Health
THE MERGER of two prominent farm machinery brands, Fairbrother and Hooper, is starting to bear fruit.
Published in Machinery & Products
A 4-METRE disc airseeder launched at Fieldays by Reese Agri is “a hit” with contractors, the company says. The machine is a disc variant of the Aitchison Airpro airseeder.
Published in Machinery & Products
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