The Dairy Women's Network Autumn Dairy Days begin on May 4 with participants given the tools to get orientation of new staff or contractors and refocusing of existing staff correct from day one.

National Bank has been named New Zealand's leading agribusiness bank.

The global Kiwifruit Vine Health/ZESPRI Psa Research and Development Programme, has been boosted with a significant sponsorship from leading rural bank, ANZ National.

CAREFUL PAIRING of engine and transmission, and 100% bio-diesel capability are key features of Power Farming's medium-power offering from SAME-Deutz Fahr.

GOOD ANIMAL health and husbandry are vital for getting a good wool clip, says Dannevirke vet Simon Marshall, speaking at a recent Beef + Lamb field day, with a wool focus, at Pongaroa, southern Hawkes Bay.

WITH ALL the force of a new religious crusade the environment is becoming the opiate of the masses. As a closet greenie from way back I still get goosebumps thinking about saving whales, dolphins, yellow-eyed penguins, kakapo and rainforests.

THE HIGH New Zealand dollar is hurting, but fixed-price contracts for lamb will help give Landcorp a reasonably strong second half, says chief executive Chris Kelly.

YARNS CRITICAL to the New Zealand non-carpet wool textile industry will continue to be produced at Qualityarns’ Milton mill after Wool Equities, as part of a consortium, stepped in to buy the plant which was on the brink of closure.

DAMNED IF we do, and damned if we don't. That's the likely reaction of many Te Puke Kiwifruit growers this week as they're asked whether they will oppose a form of grafting (notch grafting) with new Psa-resistant varieties.

MORE LEGAL 'teeth' to control and stop the spread of Psa are being considered by Kiwifruit Vine Health's new boss Barry O'Neil.