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Corporate farmer sees value in Overseer

Craigmore Sustainable’s Caroline Amyes says the company has been using Overseer since 2013.

After 13 years of use, a New Zealand corporate farmer has a lot of praise for Overseer.

Published in Management

Hundreds of workers stranded

Donald Nalpin (far right) and other Ni-Vanuatu workers.

Hundreds of Pacific Islanders stranded in Central Otago during the Covid-19 lockdown may be facing a long wait until they can safely return home.

Published in General News

Manage herds without fences

Halter founder Craig Piggott claims his company’s technology will allow for more precise pasture allocation per cow.

A smartphone application claims to allow cows to be managed without fences and by the touch of a button.

Published in Farm Products

Manage herds without fences

A smartphone application claims to allow cows to be managed without fences and by the touch of a button.

Published in Agribusiness

Will Fieldays be a virtual flop?

Fieldays is usually held at Mystery Creek, near Hamilton.

Fieldays is going virtual this year — will it be a flop? Mark Daniel looks into the controversial event.

Published in Opinion

Sorting the manure from the facts on nitrogen

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth on our misunderstandings about the role of nitrogen.

Published in Opinion

Milk price forecasting ‘tricky’

The new dairy season is bringing heightened uncertainty making milk price forecasting difficult.

Rising milk production in the Americas and Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic and a strong NZ dollar are making it difficult for economists to forecast the 2020-21 milk price.

Published in General News

The challenge of meeting environmental rules

Professor Tommy Boland of the University College Dublin, like colleagues in NZ, is looking to find practical solutions that farmers can use to reduce their environmental footprint.

Complying with new and stricter environmental requirements is for farmers a major challenge worldwide.

Published in General News

The challenge of meeting environmental rules

Complying with new and stricter environmental requirements is for farmers a major challenge worldwide.

Published in General News

Hard times coming for Hawke's Bay

Co-chair of the Hawkes Bay rural advisory group Lochie MacGillivray (centre) says the region is now into the phase of working through the hard yards of the winter. Photo: Michael Schultz Photography.

The recent rain in Hawke's Bay has provided some breathing space for those dealing with the drought, but the real test has still to come during the winter and early spring.

Published in General News