The first South Island wool sale of the season continued in the same vein as last week's North Island sale with all price indicators weakening further.

A MAF committee set up in 2008 specifically to identify emerging biosecurity risks never discussed a virulent strain of Psa devastating kiwifruit vines offshore. And a MAF risk analysis team responsible for monitoring offshore developments was “unaware pollen imports were even taking place”.

FEILDING farm consultant says many farmers feed animals well, but don’t make any money out of it.

DAIRY FARMERS have to accept they are the target of a rapidly increasing number of evangelistic environmentalists.

GET THE calculator out and don’t leave it to guesswork when planning winter feed crops for next year.

We all love a good contest between heavyweights. A lot of us would love to see Sonny Bill and Shane Cameron go toe-to-toe, but for various reasons it’s unlikely to happen.

BETTER PASTURE management and planning could slash losses to internal parasites and help preserve valuable controls for the future.

FARMING IS clearly in view in the design of AGCO’s new Massey Ferguson MF 9400 series telehandlers.

A NEW electronic hand-held tag reader from Leader Products fits snugly in palm or pocket and suits close-quarters work, reading tags up to 200mm away, says the New Zealand company’s sales and marketing spokesman Murray Jacob.

New signage has been installed to mark the alliance between agricultural plastics recycling programme Plasback and industry-leading feedlot Five Star Beef.