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OPINION: Land use change is to the fore (again) because of headlines indicating the potential for growing rice, expansion of dairying in some regions, and ongoing concerns about carbon farming.
Published in Opinion
OPINION: Forestry is not all bad and planting pine trees on land that is prone to erosion or in soils which cannot support livestock farming makes sense.
Published in Opinion
OPINION: Defenders of New Zealand remaining bound to the Paris Agreement typically run the same argument. They do not explain the benefits of remaining bound to Paris, because there are none. At least none that are certain and enduring.
Published in Opinion
Many farmers have invested in solar energy for dairy sheds or houses, but little hard data exists on the viability of solar panels in open paddocks or the loss of drymatter this may cause. Massey University scientist Dr Sam Wilson is conducting research to get more information about this. Rural News reporter Peter Burke went to investigate.
Published in General News
Ravensdown South Island shareholders have voted Jane Smith to the co-operative board for a three-year term.
Published in Agribusiness
It's 100 years for the Hoban family’s Parham Hill Corriedale stud and times continue to change.
Published in Management
The 2025 Young Grower of the Year, Phoebe Scherer, says competing with other finalists felt more like being among friends.
Published in General News
A windfall of billions of dollars is good news for the agricultural sector and the economy in general, following the sale of Fonterra's global consumer businesses.
Published in General News
Superphosphate is still the go-to product for New Zealand farmers looking for spring growth, says Mike White, Ravensdown’s head of product and service development.
Published in General News
Carbon farming is threatening the economy of the central North Island, according to Federated Farmers Whanganui president Ben Fraser.
Published in General News
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